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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Academic Year more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what economic assessment he has made on the effect on tourism jobs in seaside areas and seaside economies of deregulating school holidays. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Wyre and Preston North more like this
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Mr Ben Wallace more like this
star this property uin 200272 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-06-18more like thismore than 2014-06-18
star this property answer text <p>The Government is giving more schools greater flexibility to adapt the shape of the school year in the interests of their pupils' education.</p><p>Whilst this will extend an existing flexibility to a greater number of schools, our advice will continue to include a clear expectation of schools working with each other and the local authority to coordinate dates to avoid unnecessary disruption to parents and their employers.</p><p>The Department has consulted with representatives of the tourist industry. Where schools choose to change their holiday dates, following discussion locally with parents and local businesses, there may well be a positive impact on seaside economies. In areas of high-seasonal employment, for example, small variations to term-dates agreed locally may help parents to holiday outside of peak periods.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency South West Norfolk more like this
star this property answering member printed Elizabeth Truss more like this
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less than 2014-06-18T16:26:11.9349467Zmore like thismore than 2014-06-18T16:26:11.9349467Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss remove filter
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star this property label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace more like this
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Children: Day Care more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the average annual cost of childcare in the UK for a child aged (a) two and under, (b) three to four and (c) five and over; and if he will make a statement. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North more like this
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Catherine McKinnell more like this
star this property uin 200175 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-06-17more like thismore than 2014-06-17
star this property answer text <p>The Department for Education uses cost information from a number of independent surveys, such as the Family and Childcare Trust Annual Childcare Cost Survey 2014: <br><a href="http://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-costs-surveys" target="_blank">http://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-costs-surveys</a></p><p> </p><p>Their findings on the costs of childcare for children aged under two years old and those aged two years and over in England are shown in the tables below. The survey does not identify separately those aged five years and over.</p><p>It is encouraging to note that after 12 years of consistently rising prices, the costs of childcare in England have stabilised for the first time. In fact, once inflation is taken into account costs for the majority of parents have actually fallen. This means more parents are able to access affordable childcare and support their families.</p><p>But the Government is not complacent, and we are working to further increase childcare supply, which will further improve choice and affordability for parents:</p><p>a) More schools are opening their own nurseries for the first time, and we are establishing child-minder agencies to increase the number of child-minders available.<br>b) An increasing number of existing school nurseries are extending opening times from 8am to 6pm.<br>c) We are also making it easier for good nurseries to grow, by removing red-tape and planning restrictions.</p><p>The Government recently announced that the new Tax-Free Childcare scheme will be increased up to £2000 per child and extended to all children under 12 from September next year. This will help around 2 million families.</p><p>To help disadvantaged families, the Government has extended the 15 hours a week of funded early education already available for all three- and four-year-olds to include the most disadvantaged 20% of two-year-olds, and this will be extended further to 40% from September 2014.</p><p>The Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) will provide nurseries, schools and other providers of government funded early education with extra money for disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds. The EYPP will be £50 million in 2015-16 and the Department for Education will consult on the details of the programme shortly.<br><br>And all families in Universal Credit will be able to receive 85% support on childcare costs, up from 70% under the current working tax credit system. This change will see 300,000 working families getting more out of the money they earn. More and more families will find that it pays to get a job, from taking the first few shifts back at work, right up to working full-time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Average weekly childcare costs for England</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Nursery 25 hours </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Childminder 25 hours </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Under two</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Two and over</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under two </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Two and over</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weekly cost<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>£110.95</p></td><td><p>£106.19</p></td><td><p>£100.74</p></td><td><p>£101.51</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><sup>1 </sup></strong>Source: Family and Childcare Trust Annual Childcare Costs Survey, 2014</p>
star this property answering member constituency South West Norfolk more like this
star this property answering member printed Elizabeth Truss more like this
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less than 2014-06-17T16:54:10.3876147Zmore like thismore than 2014-06-17T16:54:10.3876147Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss remove filter
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star this property label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell more like this