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164342

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	ICT: Curriculum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to encourage schools to provide students with hands-on programming experience.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	215688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The new computing programmes of study, which were introduced in September 2014, have a greater focus on how computers work and the basics of programming. They also cover digital literacy and the application of information technology. Primary school pupils should be taught how to design and write programs to accomplish specific goals, using sequencing, selection and repetition; and secondary school pupils should be taught to use at least two programming languages to solve a variety of computational problems.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2014 12:56:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227251

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	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 recent steps she has taken to help parents in work with the costs of childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education understands that the cost of childcare can be a concern for many parents. In order to help support parents, the Department has increased funding in the early years from £2 billion to £3 billion a year over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has provided funding for 15 hours a week of free childcare for all three- and four-year-olds, and for disadvantaged two-year-olds. The funding for all three- and four-year-olds is worth £2,500 per child, per year to parents. This gives an additional £425 per child, per year, when compared to funding prior to the last election. The funding for approximately 40% of two-year-olds is also worth £2,500 per child, per year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department is introducing Tax-Free Childcare, under which up to 1.8 million working families could benefit from up to £2,000 per child, per year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For working parents on lower incomes, working tax credit pays up to 70% of their childcare costs. This could be worth up to £6,370 for their first child. Under Universal Credit, the subsidy rate will increase to 85% of childcare costs and support will be available, for the first time, to those working fewer than 16 hours per week.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Department has taken action to give more choice to parents by creating child minder agencies and supporting schools to open nurseries and offer provision from 8am to 6pm. The Department is also introducing shared parental leave.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/03/2015 13:39:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

519039

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Business: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase entrepreneurship and business education in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	37151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>Entrepreneurship and business education are important components of both high quality careers education and guidance as well as a broad education offer for pupils.</p><p>The careers statutory guidance places a responsibility on schools in England to offer pupils the opportunity to develop entrepreneurial skills and have access to advice on options available post-16, including entrepreneurship. While it is for schools to decide how best to provide entrepreneurship education, we know that contact with entrepreneurs themselves and businesses more widely is essential. That is why we are funding The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to increase the number and quality of contacts between young people and businesses, including entrepreneurs.</p><p>We have revised the business GCSE, so that from September 2017 there is greater depth and breadth and a clearer focus on the overall purpose, features and workings of businesses and how to apply this knowledge in a business context.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 25/05/2016 11:49:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

349627

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans reductions in spending on education and training for 16 to 19 year olds in order to implement the decision announced on 4 June 2015 to reduce the funding of her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Alan Johnson
	uin	2022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The savings announced by the Chancellor will come from a variety of measures including expected departmental underspends in demand-led budgets, efficiencies and some small budgetary reductions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/06/2015 14:25:48 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	376 label Biography information for Alan Johnson

418411

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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 steps her Department is taking to ensure that children develop good early language skills before they reach primary school.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	9973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The government recognises a key part of raising the standard of education for all children is to ensure they receive a good level of development in literacy and numeracy before they start school. The government has taken the following steps to ensure children are developing good early language skills before they reach primary school:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Early Years Foundation Stage sets the prime areas of learning which early years providers must follow. This includes a focus on communication and language. The Early Years Foundation Stage requires providers to understand the needs of every child and support them as necessary to make progress. The Early Years Foundation stage is available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/335504/EYFS_framework_from_1_September_2014__with_clarification_note.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/335504/EYFS_framework_from_1_September_2014__with_clarification_note.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The numeracy and literacy skills of staff working with our youngest children are key to supporting children’s progression. We have improved early years qualifications and encouraged high-quality entrants with good numeracy and literacy skills into the profession through setting clear criteria for level 3 training courses and introducing early years initial teacher training.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has invested over £50 million funding through the Early Years Pupil premium, an additional £5.3 million to sector organisations under the VCS grants and a one off grant of £5 million to teaching schools and their childcare provider partners to support staff development. Many of the projects funded through departmental grants are supporting staff to develop strong pedagogical approaches to language development and early literacy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/09/2015 14:12:34 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

418412

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Childcare: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that disadvantaged children have access to good quality childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	9974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>All local authorities in England have a legal duty to ensure all three- and four-year-olds and the most disadvantaged two-year-olds are able to take up a funded early education place free of charge. Each eligible child is entitled to 570 hours of free early learning a year, equivalent to 15 hours a week of early education for 38 weeks per year. Settings delivering the funded early education entitlement are subject to inspection by Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The early years pupil premium, which was introduced in April this year, provides nurseries and schools delivering the early education entitlement for three- and four-year-old children with an extra 53p an hour for each eligible child to help them raise the quality of their setting and so close the gap in school readiness between disadvantaged children and their peers. The Government has made £50 million available for the early years pupil premium in 2015-16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/09/2015 14:15:00 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

222928

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many disabled two-year-olds have been (a) eligible for and (b) received free early years entitlement since September 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	224917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents [1] collects information on the proportion of families using formal childcare who receive financial support from an employer. However, this information is only available at national level. I have asked Ofsted to respond using the data they hold on registered nursery places. Sir Michael Wilshaw, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, will write to the hon. Member, and a copy of his response will be placed in the House library. Some providers such as schools with nursery provision for children aged three or over are exempt from registration. The number of places therefore may not include the full range of early years provision available in the area.</p><p>The Department’s Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey [2] collects data on all registered childcare places, including those in maintained schools and nurseries. These figures are therefore more comprehensive than the Ofsted figures; however data is only available at a national and regional level.</p><p>The Department does not hold information on the number of eligible two year olds with a disability. However, all two year olds in receipt of Disability Living Allowance or with a statement or education health and care plan will be eligible. The number of two year olds taking up funded early education at January 2015 with a high level of special educational need or a disability will be published as part of the provision for children under five years of age statistical publication on 25 June 2015.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2012-to-2013 </a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 224910 224913 question first answered 02/03/2015 10:35:03 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

222930

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Nurseries: Wirral
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery places have been available in Wirral South constituency in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	224913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents [1] collects information on the proportion of families using formal childcare who receive financial support from an employer. However, this information is only available at national level. I have asked Ofsted to respond using the data they hold on registered nursery places. Sir Michael Wilshaw, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, will write to the hon. Member, and a copy of his response will be placed in the House library. Some providers such as schools with nursery provision for children aged three or over are exempt from registration. The number of places therefore may not include the full range of early years provision available in the area.</p><p>The Department’s Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey [2] collects data on all registered childcare places, including those in maintained schools and nurseries. These figures are therefore more comprehensive than the Ofsted figures; however data is only available at a national and regional level.</p><p>The Department does not hold information on the number of eligible two year olds with a disability. However, all two year olds in receipt of Disability Living Allowance or with a statement or education health and care plan will be eligible. The number of two year olds taking up funded early education at January 2015 with a high level of special educational need or a disability will be published as part of the provision for children under five years of age statistical publication on 25 June 2015.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2012-to-2013 </a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 224910 224917 question first answered 02/03/2015 10:35:03 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

222931

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	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 people have used employer-supported childcare in (a) the North West and (b) Merseyside in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	224910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents [1] collects information on the proportion of families using formal childcare who receive financial support from an employer. However, this information is only available at national level. I have asked Ofsted to respond using the data they hold on registered nursery places. Sir Michael Wilshaw, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, will write to the hon. Member, and a copy of his response will be placed in the House library. Some providers such as schools with nursery provision for children aged three or over are exempt from registration. The number of places therefore may not include the full range of early years provision available in the area.</p><p>The Department’s Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey [2] collects data on all registered childcare places, including those in maintained schools and nurseries. These figures are therefore more comprehensive than the Ofsted figures; however data is only available at a national and regional level.</p><p>The Department does not hold information on the number of eligible two year olds with a disability. However, all two year olds in receipt of Disability Living Allowance or with a statement or education health and care plan will be eligible. The number of two year olds taking up funded early education at January 2015 with a high level of special educational need or a disability will be published as part of the provision for children under five years of age statistical publication on 25 June 2015.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2012-to-2013 </a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 224913 224917 question first answered 02/03/2015 10:35:03 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

225158

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	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 much and by what percentage the cost of childcare has increased (a) in nurseries and (b) for childminders in London since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	226316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Department for Education does not collect its own data, but uses cost information from a number of independent surveys, such as the Family and Childcare Trust Annual Childcare Cost Survey 2015 which can be found online at: <a href="http://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-costs-surveys" target="_blank">http://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-costs-surveys</a>. The FCT survey measures the average market price for 25 hours of paid-for childcare and, therefore, takes no account of the 15 hours free early education and childcare that the majority of parents of young children are entitled to.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has already increased funding in the early years from £2 billion to £3 billion a year over the course of this Parliament. We are the first Government to fund 15 hours a week of free childcare for all three- and four-year-olds and for disadvantaged two-year-olds. The funding for all three and four-year-olds is worth an additional £425 a year per child; and the funding for around 40% of two-year-olds, £2,500 a year per child.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will be introducing Tax-Free Childcare from autumn 2015, under which up to 1.8 million working families could benefit by up to £2,000 per child, per year.</p><p> </p><p>For working parents on low and middle incomes, working tax credit pays up to 70% of their childcare costs which could be worth up to £6,370 for their first child. Under Universal Credit, the subsidy rate will increase to 85% of childcare costs and support will be available, for the first time, to those working fewer than 16 hours per week.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation to childcare costs in London being higher, we have invested £30 million to increase the number of childcare places available for two-year-olds and to encourage more school nurseries to open from 8am - 6pm. Linked with this, we are working with the Family and Childcare Trust, the Greater London Authority and the Local Government Association, and with the support of London Councils, on a project to help schools in London develop flexible, full-day nursery provision. The project, and the learning it generates, will increase the amount of flexible childcare available and the choices that parents have.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/03/2015 15:27:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern