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1132508

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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 he has made of the number of maintained nursery schools that rely on the supplementary transitional protection funding for 2019-20 to stay open; and if he will make it his policy to continue that funding beyond 2020.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	265476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools (MNS) make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children. We are providing local authorities with around £60 million a year of supplementary funding, to enable them to maintain the funding that was provided to MNS in 2016/17. The funding of individual MNS is a matter for local authorities. No estimate has been made of the number of MNS that rely on the supplementary funding they receive in order to stay open.</p><p> </p><p>In February, we announced that we would provide local authorities with further funding of around £24 million to enable them to maintain the funding of MNS for the whole of the 2019/20. This provides MNS with further stability, and what happens after 2019/20 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 265478 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:45:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1132509

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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, if he will make it his policy to conduct an annual review of early years childcare funding to assess the funding needs and pressures in the early years sector to ensure sustainability and quality of provision; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	265477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The department plans to spend £3.5 billion on early education entitlements this year alone.</p><p>Our average funding rates are based on the department’s review of childcare costs - this report can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-childcare-costs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-childcare-costs</a>. This report was described as “thorough and wide ranging” by the National Audit Office. This review looked at both current and future cost pressures.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the early years childcare market closely through a range of regular and one-off research projects which provide insight into various aspects of the market.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on funding policy and future spending will be a matter for the upcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/06/2019 16:42:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1132511

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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 maintained nursery schools are adequately funded to (a) provide high-quality early years education in England and (b) remain open beyond 2020.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	265478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools (MNS) make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children. We are providing local authorities with around £60 million a year of supplementary funding, to enable them to maintain the funding that was provided to MNS in 2016/17. The funding of individual MNS is a matter for local authorities. No estimate has been made of the number of MNS that rely on the supplementary funding they receive in order to stay open.</p><p> </p><p>In February, we announced that we would provide local authorities with further funding of around £24 million to enable them to maintain the funding of MNS for the whole of the 2019/20. This provides MNS with further stability, and what happens after 2019/20 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 265476 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:45:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1088705

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Sanitary Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Spring Statement 2019, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing every secondary school age female with a reusable menstrual cup.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	232544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>No one should be held back from reaching their potential because of their gender or background. That is why my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in his Spring Statement on 13 March 2019 that the Department for Education will lead a scheme to provide access to free sanitary products in all secondary schools and colleges in England. We are committed to encouraging the use of sustainable products where possible and will work with stakeholders to explore whether this can be integrated into the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/03/2019 08:49:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1064709

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: 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 Local Government Association report entitled Have we reached a ‘tipping point’?: Trends in spending for children and young people with SEND in England, what estimate he has made of the level of the national deficit on high needs block funding by the end of (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, and (c) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	224318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>​We have listened to local authorities’ and schools’ concerns about the rising costs of special educational needs and disabilities provision and the pressure this causes on their budgets. That is why in December we announced an additional £250 million of funding for high needs over this financial year and the next. Overall funding for high needs will therefore rise to £6.3 billion in 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>The department has done work to understand the drivers of these increasing costs including the shift in the proportion of children with high needs being educated in the specialist and independent sectors, rather than mainstream schools. To build on this work, we will be launching a call for evidence looking into the financial incentives in the system. We want to gather evidence on any perverse incentives in the system and on the use of resources mainstream schools have to spend on special educational needs to inform future policy development.</p><p> </p><p>Data reported to us by local authorities show an overall planned dedicated schools’ grant deficit of £96 million in 2018-19. We do not have comparable figures for years beyond this as data from local authorities have not been collected by the department yet. Funding for 2020-21 and beyond will be determined in the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>​The figures quoted in the Local Government Association report are based on the local authorities surveyed and may reflect varying in-year budgeting practises.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/03/2019 11:03:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1064710

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of trends in spending on children in need of SEND provision in England over the next two years; what steps he is taking in response to reports of SEND funding deficits by local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	224319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>​We have listened to local authorities’ and schools’ concerns about the rising costs of special educational needs provision and the pressure this causes on their budgets. That is why in December we announced an additional £250 million of funding for high needs over this financial year and the next. Overall funding for high needs will therefore rise to £6.3 billion in 2019-20.</p><p>​The department has done work to understand the drivers of these increasing costs including the shift in the proportion of children with high needs being educated in the specialist and independent sectors, rather than mainstream schools. To build on this work, we will be launching a call for evidence looking into the financial incentives in the system. We want to gather evidence on any perverse incentives in the system and on the use of resources mainstream schools have to spend on special educational needs to inform future policy development.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/03/2019 11:11:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1037921

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the letter of 18 July 2018 from the Minister of State for Children and Families to the Chair of the Education Select Committee on that Committee’s Life Chances inquiry, for what reasons he did not undertake a full public consultation on amending regulations to enable people with Early Years Professional Status and Early Years Teacher Status to lead nursery classes in maintained settings; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	206298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>There was no requirement to undertake a public consultation.</p><p>To consider making an amendment to the regulations (under section 122 of the Education Act 2002), the Secretary of State must consult with those as appear to [him/her] to be appropriate to consult having regard to the content of the order.</p><p> </p><p>To meet the requirement and the commitment set out in the early years workforce strategy we consulted with the relevant stakeholders the department regularly consults under this section of the Education Act 2002 – Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, unions and bodies representing the interests of governing bodies of schools, school and college leaders and teachers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/01/2019 11:55:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1037923

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the letter of 18 July 2018 from the Minister of State for Children and Families to the Chair of the Education Select Committee on that Committee’s Life Chances inquiry, if he will place in the Library a copy of his analysis of the written consultation undertaken with those relevant stakeholders his Department regularly consults under the relevant section of the Education Act 2002 on amending regulations to enable people with Early Years Professional Status and Early Years Teacher Status to lead nursery classes in maintained settings.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	206299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The analysis of the consultation feedback is contained within policy advice to ministers. The majority of the feedback did not support the proposed regulation change on the basis that it would not lead to parity in the pay and conditions for between those holding Early Years Professional Status/Early Years Teachers Status and teachers with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/01/2019 11:52:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1024788

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the funding required by Brighton & Hove City Council to deliver children’s services in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, and (c) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	202080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Information on every local authority’s demand and spend in children’s services is published in the department’s statistical first releases and brought together in our local authority interactive tool: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait</a>.</p><p>Brighton &amp; Hove’s core spending power for 2018 to 1019 is £221.8 million and is rising to £225.2 million in 2019 to 2020.</p><p>The government is working between now and the Spending Review to get a sharper and more granular picture of demand for children’s services. The department is also working alongside the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the sector as part of the fair funding review of relative needs and resources to develop a robust, up-to-date approach to funding distribution for children's services, which will determine new baseline funding allocations for local authorities in England 2020 to 2021.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 202082 question first answered 20/12/2018 16:43:43 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1024790

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Services: Brighton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the demand for children’s services in Brighton in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, and (c) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	202082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Information on every local authority’s demand and spend in children’s services is published in the department’s statistical first releases and brought together in our local authority interactive tool: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait</a>.</p><p>Brighton &amp; Hove’s core spending power for 2018 to 1019 is £221.8 million and is rising to £225.2 million in 2019 to 2020.</p><p>The government is working between now and the Spending Review to get a sharper and more granular picture of demand for children’s services. The department is also working alongside the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the sector as part of the fair funding review of relative needs and resources to develop a robust, up-to-date approach to funding distribution for children's services, which will determine new baseline funding allocations for local authorities in England 2020 to 2021.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 202080 question first answered 20/12/2018 16:43:43 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas