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1491644

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies and Maintained Schools: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will lay a report before Parliament on the physical condition and safety of (a) maintained schools and (b) academies in England.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	42001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The department published a report on the condition of the school estate in England in May 2021, entitled ‘Condition of School Buildings Survey – Key Findings’. The report can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>. We plan to publish the underlying school level building condition data, collected in the Condition Data Collection programme, later this year.</p><p>Local authorities, academy trusts and governing bodies are responsible for the management of the physical condition and building safety in schools, using their local knowledge, and understanding of their school estate. This includes carrying out the appropriate surveys, condition checks and fire safety inspections on an on-going basis.</p><p>Last year, the department wrote to all responsible bodies in England to remind them of their responsibilities to manage their school estate effectively, maintain it in a safe working condition, and to comply with all relevant regulations. The department supports responsible bodies to keep school buildings safe and fit for purpose with an extensive range of guidance. This guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools/good-estate-management-for-schools-gems-what-s-new" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools/good-estate-management-for-schools-gems-what-s-new</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/09/2022 08:39:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1173544

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the two child benefit limit on the income of single parents.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	8250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>DWP and HMRC produce a joint report with statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children, the latest of which was published in July 2019 and can be found online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-tax-credit-and-universal-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-tax-credit-and-universal-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>Providing support for a maximum of two children, or qualifying young persons in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit, ensures fairness between claimants and those taxpayers who support themselves solely through work.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some claimants are not able to make the same choices about the number of children in their family, which is why exceptions have been put in place to protect certain groups. On migration to Universal Credit, families’ existing entitlement will be protected.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/01/2020 12:17:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1420350

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the (a) extent and (b) nature of children’s behavioural, social, and emotional recovery from the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	119532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The department collects information on children’s behaviour and emotional and social wellbeing through several surveys. We have used these alongside additional research to monitor the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak and recovery.</p><p>Our third annual State of the Nation Report, published 8 February 2022, brings together data from these and external research to identify trends in children and young people‘s mental health. It also documents wellbeing recovery over the course of the 2020/21 academic year, as well as their views about society and the future. The findings show that overall, children’s wellbeing has remained largely stable across previous years. However, increasing COVID-19 prevalence rates and changing restrictions and school closures have coincided with fluctuation in levels of wellbeing throughout the period covered by the report.</p><p>The full report can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-nation-2021-children-and-young-peoples-wellbeing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-nation-2021-children-and-young-peoples-wellbeing</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 119533 question first answered 21/02/2022 17:31:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1420351

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research he has commissioned on the extent and nature of children’s behavioural, social, and emotional recovery after the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	119533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The department collects information on children’s behaviour and emotional and social wellbeing through several surveys. We have used these alongside additional research to monitor the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak and recovery.</p><p>Our third annual State of the Nation Report, published 8 February 2022, brings together data from these and external research to identify trends in children and young people‘s mental health. It also documents wellbeing recovery over the course of the 2020/21 academic year, as well as their views about society and the future. The findings show that overall, children’s wellbeing has remained largely stable across previous years. However, increasing COVID-19 prevalence rates and changing restrictions and school closures have coincided with fluctuation in levels of wellbeing throughout the period covered by the report.</p><p>The full report can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-nation-2021-children-and-young-peoples-wellbeing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-nation-2021-children-and-young-peoples-wellbeing</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 119532 question first answered 21/02/2022 17:31:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1452300

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2022
	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, whether he has plans to restart the Childcare and early years survey of parents run by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	141974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2022 answer text <p>Fieldwork for the childcare and early years survey of parents (2021) is currently underway. The official statistics have a provisional release date of July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/03/2022 14:34:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1452424

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2022
	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 estimate he has made for children aged (a) 0-two, (b) two to four and (c) four or over, of the proportion of (i) children receiving some childcare from their grandparents and (ii) grandparents providing some childcare for their grandchildren, in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	142450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2022 answer text <p>Information on the proportion of children receiving childcare from grandparents is collected in the annual childcare and early years survey of parents. Data from each of the past ten years can be found in the attached table.</p><p>In surveys taking place up to 2018, interviews were conducted with parents of children aged 0 to 14-years-old. For the 2019 survey, interviews were conducted with parents of children aged 0 to 4-years-old.</p><p>The 2020 survey did not take place because the COVID-19 outbreak restricted the survey methodology, as it is conducted using face-to-face interviews. Fieldwork for the 2021 childcare and early years survey of parents is currently underway with parents of children aged 0 to 14-years-old. The latest published data is for the 2019 survey.</p><p>The department does not hold information on the proportion of grandparents providing childcare.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/03/2022 17:23:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 142450 grandparents and childcare table 220322.pdf title 142450 table
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1456352

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2022
	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 estimate he has made of the amount of money disbursed privately by people and families each year during parents' working hours on (a) childcare for children who too young to go to school, (b) before school activities, (c) after school activities and (c) holiday activities (i) in total and (ii) for children aged (A) one, (B) two, (C) three, (D) four, (E) five, (F) six, (G) seven, (H) eight, (I) nine, (J) ten and (K) 11 in each of the last fifteen years.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	151061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold all of the requested information. However, the department does hold the data in the two attached tables:</p><ol><li>Payments made to local authorities for government-funded childcare for 2, 3, and 4-year-olds, as part of the dedicated schools grant since the 2013/14 financial year (tab 1 in the spreadsheet).</li><li>Mean child-level weekly payments for childcare for 0 to 2-year-olds, 3 to 4-year-olds, 5 to 7-year-olds, 8 to 11-year-olds, and 12 to 14-year-olds. This is taken from the department’s childcare and early years survey of parents. It should be noted that the department only holds this data back to 2014. For the 2019 survey, the focus shifted to preschool children following a user consultation in 2018. As such, the data only covers 0 to-4-year-olds (tab 2 in the spreadsheet).</li></ol><p> </p><p>In addition, the holiday activities and food programme was expanded to all local authorities in England in 2021. This programme provides free holiday club places with healthy meals and enriching activities to school-aged children who receive benefits-related free school meals.</p><p>A breakdown of expenditure is not available for the age groups specified in the question. However, the department is investing over £200 million a year in this programme. Allocations at local authority level for the 2022/23 financial year are in the department’s grant determination letter, available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1042274/Grant_determination_letter_-_HAF_2022_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1042274/Grant_determination_letter_-_HAF_2022_Final.pdf</a>.</p><p>The government’s range of childcare support includes 15 hours free early education for all 3- and 4-year-olds, which can help save parents over £3,000 per year. In 2013, this was extended to the most disadvantaged 2-year-olds.</p><p>In 2017, the department introduced an additional 15 hours free childcare for working parents of 3- and 4-year-olds, bringing the total amount of available childcare to eligible parents to 30 hours. This can save parents over £6,000 per year. To be eligible for this, a lone parent must earn from just over £7,900 a year, and a couple (where both are working) from just over £15,800 per year.</p><p>The government has also introduced Tax-Free Childcare, available for working parents of children aged 0-11 (or up to 16 if their child is disabled) with the same income thresholds as 30 hours free childcare. This scheme can save parents up to £2,000 per year (or up to £4,000 for children with disabilities) and can be used alongside 30 hours free childcare.</p><p>Working parents on a low income may also be eligible for help with up to 85% of their childcare costs through the childcare element of Universal Credit. This is subject to a monthly limit of £646 for one child or £1,108 for two or more children aged 0-16.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 151062 151063 question first answered 19/04/2022 15:39:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 151061 151062 151063 table.xlsx title 151061_151062_151063_table
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1456354

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2022
	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 estimate he has made of the amount of money disbursed from public funds on childcare, including on (a) children too young to go to school, (b) before-school activities, (c) after-school activities and (d) school holiday activities (i) in total and (ii) for children aged (A) one, (B) two, (C) three, (D) four, (E) five, (F) six, (G) seven, (H) eight, (I) nine, (J) ten and (K) 11 in each of the last fifteen years.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	151062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold all of the requested information. However, the department does hold the data in the two attached tables:</p><ol><li>Payments made to local authorities for government-funded childcare for 2, 3, and 4-year-olds, as part of the dedicated schools grant since the 2013/14 financial year (tab 1 in the spreadsheet).</li><li>Mean child-level weekly payments for childcare for 0 to 2-year-olds, 3 to 4-year-olds, 5 to 7-year-olds, 8 to 11-year-olds, and 12 to 14-year-olds. This is taken from the department’s childcare and early years survey of parents. It should be noted that the department only holds this data back to 2014. For the 2019 survey, the focus shifted to preschool children following a user consultation in 2018. As such, the data only covers 0 to-4-year-olds (tab 2 in the spreadsheet).</li></ol><p> </p><p>In addition, the holiday activities and food programme was expanded to all local authorities in England in 2021. This programme provides free holiday club places with healthy meals and enriching activities to school-aged children who receive benefits-related free school meals.</p><p>A breakdown of expenditure is not available for the age groups specified in the question. However, the department is investing over £200 million a year in this programme. Allocations at local authority level for the 2022/23 financial year are in the department’s grant determination letter, available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1042274/Grant_determination_letter_-_HAF_2022_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1042274/Grant_determination_letter_-_HAF_2022_Final.pdf</a>.</p><p>The government’s range of childcare support includes 15 hours free early education for all 3- and 4-year-olds, which can help save parents over £3,000 per year. In 2013, this was extended to the most disadvantaged 2-year-olds.</p><p>In 2017, the department introduced an additional 15 hours free childcare for working parents of 3- and 4-year-olds, bringing the total amount of available childcare to eligible parents to 30 hours. This can save parents over £6,000 per year. To be eligible for this, a lone parent must earn from just over £7,900 a year, and a couple (where both are working) from just over £15,800 per year.</p><p>The government has also introduced Tax-Free Childcare, available for working parents of children aged 0-11 (or up to 16 if their child is disabled) with the same income thresholds as 30 hours free childcare. This scheme can save parents up to £2,000 per year (or up to £4,000 for children with disabilities) and can be used alongside 30 hours free childcare.</p><p>Working parents on a low income may also be eligible for help with up to 85% of their childcare costs through the childcare element of Universal Credit. This is subject to a monthly limit of £646 for one child or £1,108 for two or more children aged 0-16.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 151061 151063 question first answered 19/04/2022 15:39:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 151061 151062 151063 table.xlsx title 151061_151062_151063_table
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1456355

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2022
	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 estimate he has made of the amount of money disbursed by companies and other employers in the UK on childcare during hours in which parents are working, including on (a) children too young to go to school, (b) before-school activities, (c) after-school activities, (d) and holiday activities (i) in total and (ii) for children aged (A) one, (B) two, (C) three, (D) four, (E) five, (F) six, (G) seven, (H) eight, (I) nine, (J) 10 and (K) 11 in each of the last 15 years.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	151063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold all of the requested information. However, the department does hold the data in the two attached tables:</p><ol><li>Payments made to local authorities for government-funded childcare for 2, 3, and 4-year-olds, as part of the dedicated schools grant since the 2013/14 financial year (tab 1 in the spreadsheet).</li><li>Mean child-level weekly payments for childcare for 0 to 2-year-olds, 3 to 4-year-olds, 5 to 7-year-olds, 8 to 11-year-olds, and 12 to 14-year-olds. This is taken from the department’s childcare and early years survey of parents. It should be noted that the department only holds this data back to 2014. For the 2019 survey, the focus shifted to preschool children following a user consultation in 2018. As such, the data only covers 0 to-4-year-olds (tab 2 in the spreadsheet).</li></ol><p> </p><p>In addition, the holiday activities and food programme was expanded to all local authorities in England in 2021. This programme provides free holiday club places with healthy meals and enriching activities to school-aged children who receive benefits-related free school meals.</p><p>A breakdown of expenditure is not available for the age groups specified in the question. However, the department is investing over £200 million a year in this programme. Allocations at local authority level for the 2022/23 financial year are in the department’s grant determination letter, available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1042274/Grant_determination_letter_-_HAF_2022_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1042274/Grant_determination_letter_-_HAF_2022_Final.pdf</a>.</p><p>The government’s range of childcare support includes 15 hours free early education for all 3- and 4-year-olds, which can help save parents over £3,000 per year. In 2013, this was extended to the most disadvantaged 2-year-olds.</p><p>In 2017, the department introduced an additional 15 hours free childcare for working parents of 3- and 4-year-olds, bringing the total amount of available childcare to eligible parents to 30 hours. This can save parents over £6,000 per year. To be eligible for this, a lone parent must earn from just over £7,900 a year, and a couple (where both are working) from just over £15,800 per year.</p><p>The government has also introduced Tax-Free Childcare, available for working parents of children aged 0-11 (or up to 16 if their child is disabled) with the same income thresholds as 30 hours free childcare. This scheme can save parents up to £2,000 per year (or up to £4,000 for children with disabilities) and can be used alongside 30 hours free childcare.</p><p>Working parents on a low income may also be eligible for help with up to 85% of their childcare costs through the childcare element of Universal Credit. This is subject to a monthly limit of £646 for one child or £1,108 for two or more children aged 0-16.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 151061 151062 question first answered 19/04/2022 15:39:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 151061 151062 151063 table.xlsx title 151061_151062_151063_table
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1457763

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	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, how many and what proportion of the total number of children eligible for the early years pupil premium are accessing (a) all of and (b) part of the 30 hours free childcare entitlement; and if he will provide a breakdown of each of those four figures by (i) three and (ii) four year olds.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	153912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>There were 74,488 children aged three and 33,353 children aged four, who were registered to receive the 15 hours free childcare entitlements and who were also in receipt of Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) funding in January 2021. Children are only eligible for EYPP funding if they are aged three or four and are also registered to receive the 15 hours free childcare entitlement; as such all children eligible for EYPP will also be registered to receive 15 hours free childcare.</p><p>Children aged two are not eligible for EYPP. However, some of the same criteria are used to determine whether two-year-olds are eligible to access 15 hours of free childcare. There were 124,543 children aged two who were registered to receive this entitlement in January 2021. This figure includes children eligible because of high level special educational needs or disability, being looked after or adopted from care, or having no recourse to public funds, in addition to those meeting economic criteria similar to those used for EYPP eligibility. The percentage of eligible two year olds registered to receive 15 hours free childcare was 62% in January 2021.</p><p>All figures above refer to England only and are derived from January 2021 data published in the Education provision: children under 5 years of age publication, available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-provision-children-under-5" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-provision-children-under-5</a>. The next release containing January 2022 data is scheduled to be published at the end of June 2022.</p><p>With regard to figures on the number of three and four year olds registered to receive the 30 hours free childcare entitlements and who are also in receipt of the EYPP are not readily available.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 153913 153914 question first answered 21/04/2022 16:46:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson