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47213

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has in place to support children's centres that wish to move towards a co-operative model following their proposed closure.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	195433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office's Mutuals Support Programme provides support to public sector workers who want to turn their service into a mutual. This can include children's centres and co-operative forms of organisation. Further information is available through the Mutuals Information Service website (<a href="http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government recently announced a Transformation Challenge Award to help councils transform the way they run local services to put the user first. The Department for Education has funded work to support and encourage groups of parents, families and community members to develop their own community management models for children's centres.</p><p> </p><p>All designated children's centres including those provided by co-operative model, are inspected by Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 195434 195462 195474 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

47218

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to develop the capacity and knowledge of parents and staff who volunteer to take on the running of their children's centre.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	195474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office's Mutuals Support Programme provides support to public sector workers who want to turn their service into a mutual. This can include children's centres and co-operative forms of organisation. Further information is available through the Mutuals Information Service website (<a href="http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government recently announced a Transformation Challenge Award to help councils transform the way they run local services to put the user first. The Department for Education has funded work to support and encourage groups of parents, families and community members to develop their own community management models for children's centres.</p><p> </p><p>All designated children's centres including those provided by co-operative model, are inspected by Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 195433 195434 195462 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

47219

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide funding for the transition of children's centres to new structures.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	195434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office's Mutuals Support Programme provides support to public sector workers who want to turn their service into a mutual. This can include children's centres and co-operative forms of organisation. Further information is available through the Mutuals Information Service website (<a href="http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government recently announced a Transformation Challenge Award to help councils transform the way they run local services to put the user first. The Department for Education has funded work to support and encourage groups of parents, families and community members to develop their own community management models for children's centres.</p><p> </p><p>All designated children's centres including those provided by co-operative model, are inspected by Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 195433 195462 195474 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

47220

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure the quality of service provided by co-operative model children's centres.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	195462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office's Mutuals Support Programme provides support to public sector workers who want to turn their service into a mutual. This can include children's centres and co-operative forms of organisation. Further information is available through the Mutuals Information Service website (<a href="http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government recently announced a Transformation Challenge Award to help councils transform the way they run local services to put the user first. The Department for Education has funded work to support and encourage groups of parents, families and community members to develop their own community management models for children's centres.</p><p> </p><p>All designated children's centres including those provided by co-operative model, are inspected by Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 195433 195434 195474 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

44025

registered interest
date	19/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding was allocated for disadvantaged two year olds in Rotherham in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	192809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>Figures for the amount of funding allocated to deliver the early education entitlement for two year olds in Rotherham are published online.</p><p>Figures for 2013-14 can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130903192841/http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/earlylearningandchildcare/delivery/free%20entitlement%20to%20early%20education/b0070114/eefortwoyearolds/la-funding-allocations" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130903192841/http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/earlylearningandchildcare/delivery/free%20entitlement%20to%20early%20education/b0070114/eefortwoyearolds/la-funding-allocations</a></p><p>Figures for 2014-15 can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-for-learning-for-2-year-olds-letter-from-elizabeth-truss" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-for-learning-for-2-year-olds-letter-from-elizabeth-truss</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion