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star this property date less than 2024-03-21more like thismore than 2024-03-21
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Department for Education more like this
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unstar this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Pre-school Education: Finance more like this
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star this property question text 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. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dulwich and West Norwood more like this
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Helen Hayes remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2024-03-26more like thismore than 2024-03-26
star this property answer text <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>Indicative funding allocations for individual local authorities for 2024/25 were published in December 2023 and can be found at: <a href="https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2024-to-2025" target="_blank">https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2024-to-2025</a>. Funding allocations for local authorities for 2025/26 will be announced in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>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: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-education-and-childcare--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-education-and-childcare--2</a>.</p><p>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.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Wantage more like this
star this property answering member printed David Johnston more like this
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less than 2024-03-26T15:56:24.52Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-26T15:56:24.52Z
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star this property label Biography information for David Johnston more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Helen Hayes more like this
1694749
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star this property date less than 2024-03-08more like thismore than 2024-03-08
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Department for Education more like this
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unstar this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Special Educational Needs: Location more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, where the 15 new special schools will be located. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dulwich and West Norwood more like this
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Helen Hayes remove filter
star this property uin 17741 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2024-03-22more like thismore than 2024-03-22
star this property answer text <p>The Spring Budget confirmed plans for 15 additional special free schools. An announcement on the location of these schools will be made by May 2024.</p><p>The department received a large number of high-quality applications from local authorities through the most recent special free schools application round. In March 2023, the department approved 33 new special free schools.</p><p>The Spring Budget announcement means that the department can now go further, by considering more high-quality applications that were not able to be approved at the time. Therefore, the department does not currently plan to invite new local authority applications for this wave.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Wantage more like this
star this property answering member printed David Johnston more like this
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less than 2024-03-22T13:59:29.06Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-22T13:59:29.06Z
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star this property label Biography information for David Johnston more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Helen Hayes more like this
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star this property date less than 2024-03-06more like thismore than 2024-03-06
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Department for Education more like this
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unstar this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Children: Care Homes more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.25(3) of the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, published on 6 March 2024, how much and what proportion of the £165 million funding for the children’s homes estate will be spent on (a) new children’s homes, (b) rebuilding children’s homes and (c) repairing existing children's homes in each local authority area; and if she will make an estimate of the number of new places that will be created. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dulwich and West Norwood more like this
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Helen Hayes remove filter
star this property uin 17452 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2024-03-22more like thismore than 2024-03-22
star this property answer text <p>In the Spring Budget, the department was awarded £165 million capital funding to invest in open and secure children’s homes. This consists of £45 million match funding to local authorities to create 200 new open children’s home (OCH) placements for the most vulnerable children, and £120 million to fund the maintenance of the existing secure children’s home (SCH) estate and rebuild Atkinson SCH and Swanwick SCH.</p><p>It will be for local authorities in receipt of this OCH match funding to decide how best to deliver these additional 200 placements to meet the needs of the children they look after.</p><p>The department will work with Atkinson and Swanwick SCHs and other SCHs to determine the number of places and maintenance required to meet current and future needs of the individual SCHs and the SCH estate as a whole. The department will then allocate the £120 million to the SCHs on this basis.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Wantage more like this
star this property answering member printed David Johnston more like this
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less than 2024-03-22T13:20:43.617Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-22T13:20:43.617Z
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star this property label Biography information for David Johnston more like this
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star this property date less than 2024-03-01more like thismore than 2024-03-01
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Department for Education more like this
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unstar this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Special Educational Needs: Codes of Practice more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of how many schools are non-compliant with paragraphs 6.81 of the SEND Code of Practice, published in January 2015. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dulwich and West Norwood more like this
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Helen Hayes remove filter
star this property uin 16490 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2024-03-06more like thismore than 2024-03-06
star this property answer text <p>The department expects all schools to comply with paragraph 6.81 of the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Code of Practice.</p><p>As part of the department's work to implement the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan, the department is exploring whether the expectations about the contents of the special educational needs information report could be developed further to improve transparency.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Wantage more like this
star this property answering member printed David Johnston more like this
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less than 2024-03-06T16:20:25.42Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-06T16:20:25.42Z
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star this property label Biography information for David Johnston more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Helen Hayes more like this
1691417
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star this property date less than 2024-02-23more like thismore than 2024-02-23
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 remove filter
unstar this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Childcare more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a table on the net increase per quarter of the number of Ofsted-registered childcare places for children aged (a) two or under and (b) over two per local authority since 15 March 2023. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dulwich and West Norwood more like this
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Helen Hayes remove filter
star this property uin 15466 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2024-03-11more like thismore than 2024-03-11
star this property answer text <p>This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to the hon. Member and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Wantage more like this
star this property answering member printed David Johnston more like this
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less than 2024-03-11T15:35:51.81Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-11T15:35:51.81Z
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star this property label Biography information for David Johnston more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Helen Hayes more like this
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star this property date less than 2024-02-19more like thismore than 2024-02-19
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 remove filter
unstar this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading National Send and Alternative Provision Implementation Board more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes have been made to the membership of the national SEND and Alternative Provision Implementation Board since that board was announced. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dulwich and West Norwood more like this
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Helen Hayes remove filter
star this property uin 14648 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2024-02-22more like thismore than 2024-02-22
star this property answer text <p>Since the National Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Implementation Board was established on 6 June 2023, there have been two changes to membership.</p><p> </p><p>I replaced the former Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing, my right hon. Friend, Claire Coutinho. Amanda Allard, Director of the Council for Disabled Children, has also replaced her predecessor, Dame Christine Lenehan. Information about the Board is available on GOV.UK and is being updated to reflect these changes.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Wantage more like this
star this property answering member printed David Johnston more like this
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less than 2024-02-22T16:57:21.257Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-22T16:57:21.257Z
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star this property label Biography information for David Johnston more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Helen Hayes more like this
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star this property date less than 2024-02-19more like thismore than 2024-02-19
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Department for Education more like this
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unstar this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Special Educational Needs more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2023 to Question 201458, what recent progress her Department has made on reviewing the (a) role and (b) transparency of special educational needs and disabilities information reports. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dulwich and West Norwood more like this
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Helen Hayes remove filter
star this property uin 14651 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2024-02-22more like thismore than 2024-02-22
star this property answer text <p>The requirement for all schools to publish special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Information Reports was introduced in the Children and Families Act 2014. This means that every school must publish details of its provision for pupils with SEND and review these details annually.</p><p> </p><p>The department is exploring whether the role of SEND Information Reports, and their transparency, could be developed further as part of the implementation of the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Wantage more like this
star this property answering member printed David Johnston more like this
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less than 2024-02-22T16:52:07.627Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-22T16:52:07.627Z
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star this property label Biography information for David Johnston more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Helen Hayes more like this
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star this property date less than 2024-02-16more like thismore than 2024-02-16
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Department for Education more like this
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unstar this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading National SEND and Alternative Provision Implementation Board more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide a list of dates of meetings of the national SEND and alternative provision implementation board since June 2023; and if she will publish the minutes of these meetings. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dulwich and West Norwood more like this
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Helen Hayes remove filter
star this property uin 14199 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2024-02-21more like thismore than 2024-02-21
star this property answer text <p>The National Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision Implementation Board met on 6 June, 18 September and 12 December 2023. Information about the Board is available on GOV.UK and will continue to be updated in due course.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Wantage more like this
star this property answering member printed David Johnston more like this
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less than 2024-02-21T12:02:51.58Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-21T12:02:51.58Z
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star this property label Biography information for David Johnston more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Helen Hayes more like this
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star this property date less than 2024-02-16more like thismore than 2024-02-16
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Department for Education more like this
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unstar this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Special Educational Needs more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the publication of the strategic delivery plans for each SEND Change Programme Partnership. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dulwich and West Norwood more like this
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Helen Hayes remove filter
star this property uin 14200 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2024-02-21more like thismore than 2024-02-21
star this property answer text <p>Each of the Change Programme Partnerships (CPP) has developed a Strategic Delivery Plan, which outlines their plan for delivery across their local areas for the duration of the Change Programme.</p><p>These plans are specifically for the department to understand how the CPPs will work with each other, the department and delivery partners to deliver the Change Programme. As such, these are internal working documents and are not intended for publication.</p><p>The department will be sharing updates on the progress of the Change Programme in due course.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Wantage more like this
star this property answering member printed David Johnston more like this
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less than 2024-02-21T12:16:43.76Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-21T12:16:43.76Z
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star this property label Biography information for David Johnston more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Helen Hayes more like this
1686650
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star this property date less than 2024-02-01more like thismore than 2024-02-01
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 remove filter
unstar this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Childcare more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of local authorities who have advised their local childcare providers of their hourly rate from 1 April 2024; and what steps she is taking to help ensure that childcare providers have adequate notice to prepare for the expanded roll-out. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dulwich and West Norwood more like this
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Helen Hayes remove filter
star this property uin 12620 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2024-02-06more like thismore than 2024-02-06
star this property answer text <p>The 2024/25 government hourly funding rates for all the early years entitlements for individual local authorities were announced on 29 November 2023 to reflect the funding uplifts and the national living wage increase.</p><p> </p><p>The department is in close communication with local authorities and recognises the need to ensure childcare providers have early confirmation of their early years funding rates for 2024/25. The department now anticipates that all local authorities will have confirmed funding rates that come into force from 1 April 2024 no later than the end of February 2024.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31 January 2024, the department can confirm that over 40 local authorities in England have published their final funding rates for providers. Where local authorities have not yet published the final rates, the vast majority have provided indicative rates to their providers to support in their business planning.</p><p>On 2 February 2024, the department also took steps to provide greater funding certainty to nurseries and childcare providers going forwards. Each year, the government sets out funding rates in the autumn, to take effect in the following financial year. A window, likely to be 8 weeks, will be introduced, within which local authorities have to confirm rates, after the point the department announces local authority hourly rates. The department will work with the sector in the coming weeks to finalise the approach.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Wantage more like this
star this property answering member printed David Johnston more like this
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less than 2024-02-06T17:24:43.79Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-06T17:24:43.79Z
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star this property label Biography information for David Johnston more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Helen Hayes more like this