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1082580

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the speech by the Children and Families Minister announcing new early years funding, of 28 February 2019, whether additional funding for maintained nurseries will be funded from new revenue from HM Treasury.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	229151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Maintained Nursery Schools (MNS) make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children.</p><p>We have been providing around £60 million per year of supplementary funding to local authorities so that they can preserve MNS funding. We listened to concerns about the timing of the Spending Review and therefore last week we announced that we would provide local authorities with around £24 million of further supplementary funding, to enable them to fully fund MNS for the whole of the 2019/20 academic year. Local authorities can feel reassured they can allocate September 2019 places in MNS with confidence.</p><p>All expenditure that falls in the next Spending Review period, including the additional supplementary funding, is a matter for the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/03/2019 08:04:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

997353

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 5.20 of Budget 2018, how much of the £400 million will be allocated to to maintained nursery schools.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	185052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>We are allocating an additional £400 million capital funding to schools in 2018–19. This funding is in addition to the £1.4 billion of condition allocations already provided this year to those responsible for maintaining school buildings. This supports our priority of ensuring the school estate is well maintained and helps provide a high-quality education.</p><p>I can confirm that maintained nursery schools will benefit from the funding, along with primary and secondary schools, academies and free schools, non-maintained special schools, pupil referral units, and sixth-form colleges. It will also be allocated to those specialist post-16 institutions that have eligible state-funded pupils.</p><p>We plan to publish a ready reckoner by December, so that schools can estimate their allocations. We expect to publish the final allocations in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/11/2018 17:23:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1006881

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether maintained nursery schools will be able to benefit from the additional funding announced in Budget 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	191392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Hendon, to the answer I gave on 1 November 2018 to question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-10-29/185052/" target="_blank">185052</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/11/2018 16:05:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1063640

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to allocate further supplementary funding to maintained nursery schools after 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	222627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).</p><p>Maintained nursery schools experience costs over and above those of other early years providers. That is why we are providing local authorities with around £60 million a year in supplementary funding to enable them to protect maintained nursery schools’ funding.</p><p>This arrangement is due to end in March 2020, and what happens after that will be determined by the next Spending Review. Owing to uncertainty over the exact date of the Spending Review, we are considering how best to handle transitional arrangements for a number of areas, including maintained nursery schools.</p><p>Local funding decisions are a matter for the relevant local authority. We are clear that it would be premature for local authorities to make decisions about the future of their maintained nursery schools before the Spending Review outcomes are published.</p><p> </p><p>There is a presumption against the closure of maintained nursery schools. This does not mean that they will never close, but when they do, local authorities have a statutory requirement to ensure that alternative provision: is of at least equal quality; maintains expertise and specialism; and is more accessible and convenient for local parents.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 222629 222630 222631 222632 question first answered 21/02/2019 12:52:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1063643

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to allocate funding to the (a) reopening and (b) opening of maintained nursery schools.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	222630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).</p><p>Maintained nursery schools experience costs over and above those of other early years providers. That is why we are providing local authorities with around £60 million a year in supplementary funding to enable them to protect maintained nursery schools’ funding.</p><p>This arrangement is due to end in March 2020, and what happens after that will be determined by the next Spending Review. Owing to uncertainty over the exact date of the Spending Review, we are considering how best to handle transitional arrangements for a number of areas, including maintained nursery schools.</p><p>Local funding decisions are a matter for the relevant local authority. We are clear that it would be premature for local authorities to make decisions about the future of their maintained nursery schools before the Spending Review outcomes are published.</p><p> </p><p>There is a presumption against the closure of maintained nursery schools. This does not mean that they will never close, but when they do, local authorities have a statutory requirement to ensure that alternative provision: is of at least equal quality; maintains expertise and specialism; and is more accessible and convenient for local parents.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 222627 222629 222631 222632 question first answered 21/02/2019 12:52:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1077524

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure nursery school funding is sustainable for the future.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	226075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools (MNS) make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children. They experience costs that other providers do not and we are providing local authorities with approximately £60 million a year in supplementary funding to enable them to protect the funding of MNS.</p><p>I announced on 28 February that the government would extend the supplementary funding paid to local authorities by approximately £24 million to enable them to fully fund MNS for the whole of the 2019/20 academic year. This provides local authorities with the reassurance to allocate places for this September with confidence. The announcement was made with the agreement of HM Treasury. Next steps after the 2019/20 academic year will be determined by the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 226074 question first answered 05/03/2019 11:23:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1003585

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received from bodies in the education sector on the potential effect of the ending of supplementary funding in 2019-20 on the number of maintained nursery schools.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	189793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Maintained Nursery Schools (MNS) make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children. In the last three months, there have been nine representations led by MNS, one by an education trade union and two by education charities.</p><p>Representations made include the case for future funding and the sharing of research findings.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/11/2018 17:23:17 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1019886

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what number of maintained nursery schools were in budget deficit; what the total deficit was; and what the average deficit was per school for the financial year 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	198834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>We publish school-level revenue balances for maintained schools annually in the statistical release ‘LA and school expenditure’ at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data#local-authority-and-school-finance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data#local-authority-and-school-finance</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number and proportion of maintained nursery schools in cumulative budget deficit in each region and each local authority area in 2012-13 and 2013-14 are shown in table 12 of the above publications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 198835 question first answered 10/12/2018 17:26:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1037120

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have held with (a) local authority leaders, (b) staff and (c) parents on the future funding of maintained nursery schools in (i) Salford and (ii) England; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	205958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Since my appointment, I have held the following meetings and visits involving local authority leaders, staff and parents regarding maintained nursery schools (MNS) and local authority maintained nurseries.</p><p> </p><ul><li>The City Mayor of Salford, nursery representatives and parents.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Mayor of Greater Manchester.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Headteacher of Castle Vale Nursery School &amp; Children’s Centre, Birmingham.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Headteacher and staff at Lanterns Nursery school, Winchester.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Headteacher and staff at Hindley Nursery School, Wigan.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Headteacher and staff at Rothesay Nursery School, Luton.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The All Party Parliamentary Group for Nursery Schools and Nursery Classes.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has visited and met with staff at Rothesay Nursery School in Luton and Martenscroft Nursery school in Manchester. My right hon. Friend, the Minister for School Standards held a roundtable with a group of headteachers to discuss school funding, which was attended by the headteacher of Castle Vale Nursery School.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that MNS are an important part of the early years sector and make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children. We are providing around £60 million a year to local authorities to enable them to maintain funding levels until at least 2020 and have commissioned new research that will help us establish an evidence-base to inform long-term policy for maintained nursery schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2019 12:47:24 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1063641

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of maintained nursery schools that would close if they received no further funding guarantee for the period after 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	222628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools (MNS) make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children.</p><p>MNS experience costs over and above those of other early years providers. That is why we are providing local authorities with around £60 million a year in supplementary funding to enable them to protect MNS funding.</p><p>This arrangement is due to end in March 2020, and what happens after that will be determined by the next Spending Review. We are aware that the supplementary funding for MNS currently accounts for about a third of their budgets - owing to uncertainty over the exact date of the Spending Review, we are considering how best to handle transitional arrangements for a number of areas, including MNS.</p><p>This government has an ambition to halve the proportion of children who finish reception year without the early communication and reading skills they need to thrive. To support this we are investing over £100 million in our social mobility programme. This includes £20 million in high quality, evidence-based training and professional development for pre-reception early years staff in disadvantaged areas; £26 million in a network of English hubs; and £10 million to understand ‘what works’ in partnership with the Education Endowment Foundation.</p><p>This ambitious work is underpinned by our early education entitlements - where we are making record investment. This includes the entitlement to up to 15 hours of free early education for disadvantaged 2-year-olds. Since its introduction in 2013, over 700,000 2-year-olds have benefited and take-up has risen and is now 72%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 222633 question first answered 26/02/2019 17:23:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson