"uri","answering body","answer > is ministerial correction","answer > date of answer","answer > answer text","answer > answering member constituency","answer > answering member printed","answer > grouped question UIN","answer > question first answered","answer > uri","answer > answering member > label","answering dept id","answering dept short name","answering dept sort name","date","hansard heading","house id","legislature > pref label","question text","registered interest","tabling member > label","tabling member constituency","tabling member printed","uin" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697889","Department for Education","false","2024-03-26","
The department is determined to support as many families as possible with access to high quality, affordable childcare, which is why the 2023 Spring Budget announced significant new investments to expand the free early education entitlements from April 2024. Further, at the 2024 Spring Budget the department committed to increasing the national average hourly funding rate to deliver the entitlements in line with the metric used at Spring Budget 2023, in the 2025/26 and 2026/27 financial years to reflect key cost providers face, at an estimated £500 million of additional investment over the two financial years, based on current forecast.
The department expects to provide over £4.1 billion by the 2027/28 financial year to facilitate the expansion and to be spending in excess of £8 billion every year overall on free hours and early education entitlements. This is the single biggest investment in childcare in England ever.
In 2024/25 alone, the department expects to provide over £1.7 billion to support local authorities and providers to deliver the expansion. On top of this, the department is increasing the 2024/25 hourly rates to local authorities for the existing and new entitlements by over £400 million.
To ensure local authorities are fully supported in delivering the new entitlements, the department is funding local authorities an additional four weeks in the 2024/25 financial year, at an estimated cost of £120 million, for the under 2s working parent entitlement starting in September 2024.
Indicative funding allocations for individual local authorities for 2024/25 were published in December 2023 and can be found at: https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2024-to-2025. Funding allocations for local authorities for 2025/26 will be announced in the autumn.
The department’s statutory guidance for local authorities sets out that government funding is intended to deliver 15 or 30 hours a week (for 38 weeks of the year) of free, high-quality, flexible childcare. The guidance can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-education-and-childcare--2.
The funding should cover the cost, including core business costs, of delivering this provision. The funding is not intended to cover the costs of meals, other consumables, such as nappies and sun cream, additional hours or additional services, such as trips and specialist tuition. However, as set out in paragraph A1.33 of the guidance, such charges for consumables or additional services should not be made a condition of accessing a free place. The statutory guidance for local authorities also specifies that local authorities ensure that providers do not charge parents top-up fees or require parents to pay a registration fee as a condition of taking up their child’s place. Providers who choose to offer the free entitlements are responsible for setting their own policy on providing parents with options for alternatives to additional charges, including allowing parents to supply their own meals or nappies, or waiving or reducing the cost of meals and snacks.
","Wantage","David Johnston",,"2024-03-26T15:56:24.52Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697889/answer","Biography information for David Johnston","60","Education","Education","2024-03-21","Pre-school Education: Finance","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department plans to provide for the early years free hours entitlement to each local authority; and what guidance her Department has issued to providers on the costs that this funding should cover.","false","Biography information for Helen Hayes","Dulwich and West Norwood","Helen Hayes","19917" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697398","Department for Education","false","2024-03-25","In March 2024, the department announced an additional £1.1 billion in the 2024/25 financial year to support schools and local authorities with the increased Teachers’ Pension Scheme employer contribution rate. This additional funding will be distributed in 2024/25 via the new teachers’ pension employer contribution grant (TPECG) 2024.
The department is providing additional funding through the TPECG 2024 to local authorities in respect of teachers categorised as centrally employed on the schools’ workforce census 2023. The department expects local authority-based Music Hub teachers to be recorded on the schools’ workforce census, and so to be in scope for this grant.
The department has also committed to providing funding to cover the increase in employer contribution rates for existing non-local authority hubs for the current academic year, until August 2024, and officials are working to agree the precise amount. Further details, including funding rates and allocations, will be provided soon.
","East Hampshire","Damian Hinds",,"2024-03-25T13:15:41.827Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697398/answer","Biography information for Damian Hinds","60","Education","Education","2024-03-20","Teachers: Workplace Pensions","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of ending funding for employers' contributions to the teachers' pension scheme for music teachers employed by music hubs unattached to schools on costs to the public purse.","false","Biography information for Barbara Keeley","Worsley and Eccles South","Barbara Keeley","19580" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697404","Department for Education","false","2024-03-26","
The job titles for everyone working in the Human Resources & Transformation Directorate are as follows:
The overall core school budget will total £60.7 billion in the 2024/25 financial year, the highest ever level in real terms per pupil. School funding is therefore set to have risen by £11 billion next year, compared with 2021/2022.
","East Hampshire","Damian Hinds",,"2024-03-27T16:45:53.927Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697456/answer","Biography information for Damian Hinds","60","Education","Education","2024-03-20","Schools: Finance","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the current funding formula for schools to ensure that it is adjusted for (a) inflation and (b) increases in the cost of living.","false","Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi","Slough","Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi","19682" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697485","Department for Education","false","2024-03-27","
A list of education settings with confirmed RAAC and the funding route to remove RAAC was published on 8 February. This is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-raac-management-information.
The government is funding the removal of RAAC either through grants, or through the School Rebuilding Programme (SRP). The longer-term requirements of each school or college will vary depending on the extent of the issue and nature and design of the buildings. Permanently removing RAAC may involve refurbishment of existing buildings or rebuilding affected buildings.
Schools joining the SRP will be prioritised for delivery according to the condition need of their buildings, readiness to proceed, and efficiency of delivery. The department will also take into account the suitability and longevity of the temporary accommodation they are using. The department has committed to responsible bodies that it will confirm when works are expected to start by the end of the summer term.
For schools and colleges receiving grants, the department is working with responsible bodies to support them to agree the scope of works they are procuring. In some cases, this may involve undertaking technical assessments to inform the design of building works and in other cases the removal of RAAC is already underway and will be completed in the coming months.
","East Hampshire","Damian Hinds",,"2024-03-27T16:28:53.807Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697485/answer","Biography information for Damian Hinds","60","Education","Education","2024-03-20","Schools: Concrete","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete have had remedial work completed in the last 12 months.","false","Biography information for Ian Lavery","Wansbeck","Ian Lavery","19619" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697509","Department for Education","false","2024-03-27","The department does not hold information on absence by the specific category of long COVID. Data on absence by reason, which includes the category of illness, is published in the ‘Pupil Absence in Schools in England’ statistical release: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england.
Where pupils face barriers to their attendance because of long-term medical conditions, the department expects schools to work with families to put in place additional support to help them to attend regularly. They should also consider whether support from external agencies would be appropriate, may need to provide reasonable adjustments, and ensure that appropriate pastoral support is in place. Local authorities are responsible for arranging suitable provision for children of compulsory school age who, because of health reasons, would otherwise not receive suitable education.
The National Plan for Music Education Monitoring Board has met three times since the announcement of the Board in June 2023. The second meeting was attended by the former Minister of State for Schools. The terms of reference of the Board are published on GOV.UK and there are no plans to publish the minutes of these meetings. The ‘National plan for music education monitoring board terms of reference’ can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1162481/National_plan_for_music_education_monitoring_board_terms_of_reference_-_June_2023.pdf.
","East Hampshire","Damian Hinds","19582","2024-03-25T13:22:17.813Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697530/answer","Biography information for Damian Hinds","60","Education","Education","2024-03-20","Music: Education","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times the national plan for music education monitoring board has met since it was established; and on how many occasions a Minister attended a meeting of the board.","false","Biography information for Barbara Keeley","Worsley and Eccles South","Barbara Keeley","19581" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697531","Department for Education","false","2024-03-25","
The National Plan for Music Education Monitoring Board has met three times since the announcement of the Board in June 2023. The second meeting was attended by the former Minister of State for Schools. The terms of reference of the Board are published on GOV.UK and there are no plans to publish the minutes of these meetings. The ‘National plan for music education monitoring board terms of reference’ can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1162481/National_plan_for_music_education_monitoring_board_terms_of_reference_-_June_2023.pdf.
","East Hampshire","Damian Hinds","19581","2024-03-25T13:22:17.863Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697531/answer","Biography information for Damian Hinds","60","Education","Education","2024-03-20","Music: Education","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to publish minutes for the meetings of the national plan for music education monitoring board.","false","Biography information for Barbara Keeley","Worsley and Eccles South","Barbara Keeley","19582" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697572","Department for Education","false","2024-03-25","
Every state-funded school must offer a broad and balanced curriculum which supports every child to fulfil their potential. The department encourages schools to deliver this using effective and evidence-based teaching practices, drawing on resources such as the Education Endowment Foundation’s Teaching and Learning Toolkit.
The department does not endorse any one approach to behaviour management over another and it trusts school leaders to develop policies which reflect their school’s individual needs. The department’s ‘Behaviour in Schools’ guidance focuses on helping schools to establish calm, safe and supportive environments by creating positive cultures which work for everyone.
","East Hampshire","Damian Hinds",,"2024-03-25T13:28:03.107Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697572/answer","Biography information for Damian Hinds","60","Education","Education","2024-03-20","Teaching Methods","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using nurture teaching methods in classrooms.","false","Biography information for Rachael Maskell","York Central","Rachael Maskell","19646" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697447","Department for Education","false","2024-03-27","
A response was published to the hon. Member for Sheffield Central to Question 17725 on 21st March 2024.
","Wantage","David Johnston",,"2024-03-27T17:25:03.45Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697447/answer","Biography information for David Johnston","60","Education","Education","2024-03-20","Department for Education: Written Questions","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to Question 17725 on Academic Freedom tabled by the hon. Member for Sheffield Central on 8 March 2024.","false","Biography information for Paul Blomfield","Sheffield Central","Paul Blomfield","19605"