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1314507

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	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 the average early years funding rate given to local authorities in England was for (a) two year olds and (b) three and four year olds in (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19, (iii) 2019-20, (iv) 2020-21 and (v) 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	1144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The table below shows the average early years hourly funding rate for 2 and 3 to 4 year olds.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 year old average hourly funding rate</p></td><td><p>£5.40</p></td><td><p>£5.40</p></td><td><p>£5.40</p></td><td><p>£5.48</p></td><td><p>£5.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 to 4 year old average hourly funding rate</p></td><td><p>£4.76</p></td><td><p>£4.75</p></td><td><p>£4.75</p></td><td><p>£4.83</p></td><td><p>4.88*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*The vast majority of local authorities have seen an increase in their 3 to 4 year old average hourly funding rate of 6p an hour in 2021-22. Due to rounding, this is represented by an increase from £4.83 to £4.88 in the overall national average.</p><p>Calculations for the 3 to 4 year old hourly funding rate exclude supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools, the disability access fund and the early years pupil premium. The 3 to 4 year old hourly funding rate is an average across both universal hours and additional hours entitlements. The average for the 3 to 4 year old hourly funding rate in 2017-18 has been adjusted to reflect the fact that the additional hours entitlement was introduced in September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>For 2020-21 and 2021-22 the average hourly funding rates are provisional and will depend on future attendance.</p><p> </p><p>Average rates can be calculated from dedicated schools grant tables which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2017-to-2018</a>;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019</a>;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2019-to-2020</a>;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2020-to-2021</a>;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2021-to-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 18/05/2021 13:37:30 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1286521

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2021
	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 discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a long term funding settlement for maintained nursery schools in Budget 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	153313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools (MNS) are an important part of the early years sector and provide valuable services, especially in disadvantaged areas.</p><p>As part of the recent Spending Review, the government has confirmed a continuation of around £60 million of supplementary funding for MNS in the 2021/22 financial year. This includes £23 million of supplementary funding that the government confirmed in August 2020 will be provided to local authorities for the summer term in 2021.</p><p>The department continues to consider what is required to ensure a clear, long-term picture of funding for MNS. This government remains committed to the long-term funding of MNS, and any reform to the way they are funded will be accompanied by appropriate funding protections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 23/02/2021 16:06:11 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1286520

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will announce a long term funding settlement for maintained nursery schools in Budget 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	153312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government is providing approximately £60 million in supplementary funding for Maintained Nursery Schools this year (2020-21), and we are re-confirming that funding, nationally, in 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>This is on top of the £44 million the Government is providing for early years education in 2021-22 to increase the hourly rate paid to childcare providers for the government’s free hours offers. Prior to this, SR19 confirmed an additional £66 million increase to EY funding.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 22/02/2021 10:06:16 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1257578

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2020
	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, pursuant to the Answer to Question 118555 on 25 November 2020 on Pre-school Education: Government Assistance, what estimate his Department has made of the average hourly rate paid to early years providers by local authorities; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the Spending Review 2020 on that average hourly rate from April 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	124266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>At the Spending Review 2020, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a £44 million investment for the 2021-22 financial year, to enable local authorities to increase hourly rates paid to childcare providers for the government’s free childcare entitlement offers: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2020-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2020-documents</a>. Further details and information on how this will be distributed will be made available as soon as possible.</p><p>Local authorities are responsible for setting the funding rates for their childcare providers. Local authorities normally submit this information to the department through the Section 251 financial return. These returns are published. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Section 251 budget return for the 2020-21 financial year was cancelled. Therefore, we do not have the data for this year.</p><p>The most recent Section 251 data can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure-2019-to-2020-financial-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure-2019-to-2020-financial-year</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 10/12/2020 16:50:21 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1257336

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2020
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2020 to Question 118052, for what reasons the Spending review 2020 did include information on supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools after the 2020/21 academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	123664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>The government has secured a continuation of around £60 million of supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools (MNS) in the 2021/22 financial year, as part of the 2020 Spending Review. The department continues to consider what is required to ensure a clear, long-term picture of funding for MNS, and will say more about this soon.</p><p>The government has already confirmed that up to £23 million of supplementary funding will be provided to local authorities, to enable them to continue protecting the funding of MNS during the summer term in 2021. This provides MNS with certainty about funding for the 2020/21 academic year.</p><p>This government remains committed to the long-term funding of MNS, and any reform to the way they are funded will be accompanied by appropriate funding protections.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 09/12/2020 12:32:24 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1257337

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2020
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2020 to Question 118555, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) 15 hour free early years entitlement for (i) the most disadvantaged two year olds and (ii) parents of three and four year olds and (b) 30 hour early years entitlement for working parents of three and four year olds in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	123665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>Details of government spending on the early education entitlements is available in the dedicated school grant allocations tables. These are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2020-to-2021</a>; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2019-to-2020</a>; and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p>The funding allocations for local authorities are based on actual take up of the entitlement hours.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 09/12/2020 12:11:16 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1257340

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Spending Review 2020, what specific local support for early years services his Department will provide under the Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	123668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK in places most in need and for people who face labour market barriers. <br> <br> The Spending Review set out the main strategic elements of the UKSPF in the Heads of Terms. Funding for the UKSPF will ramp up so that total domestic UK-wide funding will at least match receipts from EU structural funds, on average reaching around £1.5 billion per year. The Government will publish further details on the UKSPF in a UK-wide investment framework in 2021 and its funding profile will be set out at the next Spending Review. <br> <br> To help local areas prepare over 2021-22 for the introduction of the UKSPF, the Government will provide £220 million additional funding to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches. Further details will be published in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 08/12/2020 15:19:41 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1254471

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2020
	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 assessment his Department has made of the financial impact on early years providers of his Department's plans to base early years entitlement funding for the spring term 2021 on the January 2021 census.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	119320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn to the answer I gave on 5 October 2020, to question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions?SearchTerm=97657&amp;DateFrom=19%2F12%2F2019&amp;DateTo=31%2F03%2F2021&amp;AnsweredFrom=&amp;AnsweredTo=&amp;House=Commons&amp;Answered=Any&amp;Expanded=True" target="_blank">97657</a>.</p><p>Further details of our plans for funding in the spring term 2021 will be announced as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 26/11/2020 11:59:03 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1254143

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2020
	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 recent estimate he has made of the number of children using (a) the 15 hour free early years entitlement for (i) the most disadvantaged two year olds and (ii) parents of three and four year olds and (b) the 30 hour early years entitlement for working parents of three and four year olds in each of the four most recent weeks for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	118555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>The government is planning to spend more than £3.6 billion on early education entitlements in 2020-21. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, take up of the entitlements was positive with near universal take up of the 15 hours for all 3 and 4 year olds (91% of 3 year olds and 94% of 4 year olds (including reception)) in January 2020.</p><p>The department collects data about take up of the entitlements on an annual basis through the Early Years Census. These annual reports are published 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 census is due to take place in January 2021.</p><p>At the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, the department introduced weekly data collection from local authorities to record the number of pre-school aged children attending childcare. This data is published on a weekly basis and the reports are available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak</a>. In order to minimise the administrative burden on local government during the COVID-19 outbreak, this weekly data collection does not distinguish attendance by age of child or between children taking up entitlements and children whose parents have paid for a childcare place.</p><p>It was estimated that 801,000 children were attending early years childcare settings on 12 November 2020, around 61% of the number of children who usually attend childcare in term time. On a typical day in the autumn term attendance is expected to be around 887,000, due to different and part-time patterns of childcare during the week. It is therefore estimated that the 801,000 children currently attending early years settings is approximately 90% of the usual daily level.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 25/11/2020 12:59:12 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1253934

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2020
	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 he plans to provide maintained nursery schools with a long-term funding solution based on up-to-date assessments of need.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	118052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools are an important part of the early years sector and provide valuable services, especially in disadvantaged areas. The government announced on 24 August that up to £23 million of supplementary funding will be provided to local authorities, to enable them to continue protecting the funding of maintained nursery schools during the summer term in 2021. This provides maintained nursery schools with certainty about funding for the 2020/21 academic year.</p><p>What happens after the 2020/21 academic year will be determined by the Spending Review, in the context of our priorities across early years as a whole.</p><p>This government remains committed to the long-term funding of maintained nursery schools, and any reform to the way they are funded will be accompanied by appropriate funding protections.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 24/11/2020 13:25:40 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq