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date	16/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
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 affordability of school uniforms; and if his Department will take steps to increase the affordability of those uniforms.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	4402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>It is for the governing body of a school (or in the case of academies, the academy trust) to decide whether there should be a school uniform, what it will be and how it should be sourced. To support them to do this the Department issues best practice guidance which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform</a>.</p><p>This makes clear that we expect schools to ensure uniform costs are reasonable. Our guidance clearly states that uniform items should be easily available for parents to purchase and schools should keep compulsory branded items to a minimum. It also states that schools should avoid single-supplier contracts but where schools do choose to enter into such contracts, they should be subject to a regular competitive tendering process.</p><p>No school uniform should be so expensive as to leave pupils or their families feeling unable to apply to a school and this Government has announced its plan to put the current guidance on a statutory footing at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/01/2020 17:32:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1171328

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Hove
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 adequacy of funding for early years childcare providers in Hove.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	4423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government funds local authorities to deliver the early education entitlements. Last October we announced increases in hourly rates paid to local authorities for those entitlements for 2020-21.</p><p>In 2020-21, all local authorities will see an increase of 8p an hour to the hourly funding rates for the 2-year-old entitlement and an increase of 8p an hour for the vast majority of areas for the 3- and 4-year-old entitlement (including the Brighton and Hove local authority).</p><p>Details of rates paid to local authorities can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2020-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2020-2021</a></p><p>The Government is planning to spend more than £3.6 billion in 2020-21 to support these entitlements. Funding in 2021-22 and beyond will be determined at the next Spending Review.</p><p>The Department continues to monitor the market closely through a range of research projects which provide insight into various aspects of the childcare and provider market.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 4424 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:35:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1171329

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Hove
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to review funding levels for early years childcare providers in Hove.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	4424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government funds local authorities to deliver the early education entitlements. Last October we announced increases in hourly rates paid to local authorities for those entitlements for 2020-21.</p><p>In 2020-21, all local authorities will see an increase of 8p an hour to the hourly funding rates for the 2-year-old entitlement and an increase of 8p an hour for the vast majority of areas for the 3- and 4-year-old entitlement (including the Brighton and Hove local authority).</p><p>Details of rates paid to local authorities can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2020-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2020-2021</a></p><p>The Government is planning to spend more than £3.6 billion in 2020-21 to support these entitlements. Funding in 2021-22 and beyond will be determined at the next Spending Review.</p><p>The Department continues to monitor the market closely through a range of research projects which provide insight into various aspects of the childcare and provider market.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 4423 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:35:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1171335

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care to Learn Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the number of people using Care to Learn has fallen by 64 per cent since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	4477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2020 answer text <p>Over recent years, demand for the Care to Learn scheme has fallen. The most significant reason for this fall in demand is the reduction in teenage pregnancy rates, which are now at an all-time low. There has also been a reduction in the number of young people in the population. The Government continues to make Care to Learn available to young parents in qualifying education, where they are aged under 20 at the start of their course and meet the scheme requirements.</p><p> </p><p>When developing the Care to Learn application and payment systems, the Government must ensure that public funding is used appropriately. In developing the systems, the Government reviewed the data required to establish student eligibility and to pay childcare providers and designed the system to request only the minimum information to carry out these checks. The Government plans to keep the service under review and to ensure the process of claiming Care to Learn is as simple as possible.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 4478 question first answered 24/01/2020 11:53:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1171336

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care to Learn Scheme
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 simplify the process of claiming financial support through Care to Learn.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	4478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2020 answer text <p>Over recent years, demand for the Care to Learn scheme has fallen. The most significant reason for this fall in demand is the reduction in teenage pregnancy rates, which are now at an all-time low. There has also been a reduction in the number of young people in the population. The Government continues to make Care to Learn available to young parents in qualifying education, where they are aged under 20 at the start of their course and meet the scheme requirements.</p><p> </p><p>When developing the Care to Learn application and payment systems, the Government must ensure that public funding is used appropriately. In developing the systems, the Government reviewed the data required to establish student eligibility and to pay childcare providers and designed the system to request only the minimum information to carry out these checks. The Government plans to keep the service under review and to ensure the process of claiming Care to Learn is as simple as possible.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 4477 question first answered 24/01/2020 11:53:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1171394

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Climate Change
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 climate change on the work of his Department; and what steps he is taking in response to that effect.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	4444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department of Education is supporting sustainability both through the content taught to students, and through supporting our schools to become more sustainable institutions.</p><p>It is important that young people are taught about climate change and sustainability. Topics related to this are included in both the science and geography curriculum and qualifications. For example, in primary science pupils are taught about how environments can change as a result of human actions. In secondary science, pupils are taught about the production of carbon dioxide by human activity and the effect this has on the climate. This is expanded on in GCSE science where pupils will consider the evidence for additional anthropogenic causes of climate change. As part of GCSE geography pupils will look at the causes, consequences of and responses to extreme weather conditions and natural weather hazards. In 2017, we also introduced a new environmental science A level. This will enable students to study topics that will support their understanding of climate change and how it can be tackled.</p><p>In addition, sustainability content will be included in T levels, new post-16 technical study programs. In setting outline content, the T level panels of employers and industry experts must consider the inclusion of sustainability as relevant to their sector. For example, in Construction, T level students will be required to learn about renewable energy and emerging technologies to support energy efficiency.</p><p>The Department support sustainability through our capital funding and programmes, both to reduce carbon and save schools money on energy. Schools can use their condition funding to invest in improving energy efficiency. Furthermore, interest free loans for energy efficiency projects in maintained schools are available through the Government backed Salix finance scheme. Salix loans have also been made available to academies through an annual application process. More broadly, we are working with colleagues across the Government on carbon reduction and energy efficiency and developing thinking on how future capital programmes can contribute further.</p><p> </p><p>During procurements, Department for Education considers how this might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area, where this is relevant to the subject matter of the contract.</p><p>From April, the Department will begin implementation of new government guidance on Social Value, which requires central Government Departments to take account of social impact as part of the award criteria where this is linked to the subject matter of the contract and proportionate. This may include reducing environmental impacts.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/01/2020 17:41:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 2745 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1171453

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Dedicated Schools Grant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his timescale is for his Department's response to the Dedicated Schools Grant consultation.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	4420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2020 answer text <p>The consultation on clarifying the specific grant and ring-fenced status of the Dedicated Schools Grant concluded on 15 November. The Department is currently considering the responses received, and the Department’s response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/01/2020 13:59:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare