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746700

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date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including in school admissions applications provision for disabled parents to give reasons for preferring a specific school.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>School admission arrangements are set and applied locally.</p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code already enables admission authorities to give priority to children who have a particular social or medical need to attend their school. This could include circumstances where the parent has a disability.</p><p> </p><p>Where admission authorities wish to prioritise children on this basis, it must be clearly set out in their admission arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/07/2017 15:44:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

746759

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of planned increases in the national minimum wage and the national living wage on the financial sustainability of non-maintained childcare and early education providers.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	1960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will be investing £1 billion extra every year for the early years entitlements, including over £300 million a year to increase local authorities hourly funding rates. Local authorities are required to pass the vast majority of their funding on to early years providers so that they can deliver the entitlements on a sustainable and high-quality basis. The Government’s increased level of funding is based on the “Review of Childcare Costs” which looked at both the current costs of childcare provision and the implications of future cost pressures including the National Living Wage. Recent research conducted by Frontier Economics, calculated the average hourly costs of providing childcare, and the Government’s new funding rates compare very favourably to these.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also providing guidance, tools and support for providers to help make their businesses more sustainable and efficient.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/07/2017 13:31:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

746764

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve the accountability of schools at Key Stage 3; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	1920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne to the answer published on 29 June to PQ 465.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/07/2017 15:48:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

746766

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish a Green Paper on schools policy; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	1922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government published a Green Paper on <em>Schools that work for everyone</em> on 12 September 2016, setting out a number of proposals to increase the number of good school places. The Department will provide further information on the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/07/2017 16:57:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

746767

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on establishing a national retraining scheme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	1923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants to test ambitious new approaches to career learning, as announced at the Budget. Detailed proposals to establish a national retraining scheme will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 16:40:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

746768

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on universal infant free school meals; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	1924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon friend, the Minister of State for School Standards, confirmed on 4 July that infants will continue to receive universal infant school meals.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/07/2017 13:50:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

746771

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding will be made available in capital funding to help primary schools develop nurseries where they currently do not have the facilities to provide one in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (e) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	1927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>We know that high-quality childcare is important not just for working parents but also for a child’s development and school readiness. We will provide more details on our plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/07/2017 08:55:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

746781

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to release new standards for early years apprentices at levels 2, 3, 4 and 5.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	1957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Institute for Apprenticeships is an independent body with responsibility for the development and approval of apprenticeship standards. I have therefore asked the Institute to write to the MP responding to the question about the development of Early Years apprenticeship standards. A copy of that response will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses when it is available.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 17:12:36 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

746783

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for software allowing early years providers to check eligibility for 30-hours free childcare to be available for use.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	1958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education has provided £2.15m funding to enable local authorities to develop IT solutions for automated eligibility code-checking for 30 hours free childcare. By automating the validation of 30 hours eligibility codes we aim to reduce any administrative burdens on the Early Years providers and local authorities. The Department has delivered this funding to develop IT solutions in addition to providing the existing ability to check eligibility codes via a web browser.</p><p> </p><p>Some local authorities have chosen to use software suppliers for their IT solutions and the Department for Education is unable to intervene in these individual commercial relationships. However, the Department has previously discussed with the software suppliers their capability to deliver IT solutions to check 30 hours eligibility codes prior to September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>As of 29 June 2017, 109 local authorities have fully developed and accredited their IT solutions and the Department for Education forecast is that 150 local authorities will have IT solutions implemented by the end of August 2017.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/07/2017 13:37:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

746784

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of a reduction in the number of childminders on the implementation of her Department's 30-hours free childcare policy.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	1959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>Childminders are a valuable part of the childcare sector and we want to see them play a full role in delivering the 30 hours childcare entitlement. In our early implementer areas, providers have been able to meet the parental demand for 30 hours, with many childminders working in partnership with other providers to deliver a flexible offer.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring childminders have the support they need to deliver all the free entitlements and in the most recently published census data for provision under fives, we were pleased to see an increase in the number of childminders delivering free places for three and four year olds. The census data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622632/SFR29_2017_Text.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622632/SFR29_2017_Text.pdf</a>.</p><p>Our recent reforms are designed to make it easier to work as a childminder and support the profession. These reforms included making it easier for childminders to access government funding, and to work for up to 50% of their time on non-domestic premises. They also refocus the Childcare Business Grant Scheme solely on childminding businesses.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/07/2017 13:48:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq