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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

1037184

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	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the take-up of funded childcare for (a) two year olds and (b) three year olds among (i) disadvantaged and (ii) non-disadvantaged households in Nottinghamshire.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>​The department does not hold data that breaks down take-up of the childcare entitlements by disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged households.</p><p>Disadvantaged 2 year olds are eligible for 15 hours a week (over 38 weeks of the year) of free early education if they meet the criteria set out at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-2-year-olds?step-by-step-nav=f237ec8e-e82c-4ffa-8fba-2a88a739783b" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-2-year-olds?step-by-step-nav=f237ec8e-e82c-4ffa-8fba-2a88a739783b</a>. As of January 2018, there were 2,080 2 year olds accessing this entitlement in Nottinghamshire, 72% of those eligible which is in line with the national average for take up of this entitlement.</p><p>All 3 and 4 year olds are also eligible for 15 hours a week (over 38 weeks of the year) of free early education. As of January 2018, 9,060 3 year olds in Nottinghamshire were accessing the universal offer. This is 100% of 3 year olds and higher than the national average for 3 year old take-up, which is 92%.</p><p>​Since September 2017, working parents of 3 and 4 year olds are entitled to 30 hours free childcare a week (over 38 weeks of the year), supporting a wide-range of parents to enter work or increase their work hours. In the first year of delivery, over 340,000 children in England benefited from a 30 hours childcare place, with over 6185 children accessing this entitlement in Nottinghamshire.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 10/01/2019 17:08:52 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1037189

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	Nurseries: Ashfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of nursery providers in Ashfield constituency are rated as outstanding or good by Ofsted.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the right hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 10/01/2019 17:14:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1037191

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: Ashfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in Ashfield constituency who are (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals have achieved school readiness standards at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>​The requested data is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 10/01/2019 17:30:49 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 205883_Children_Achieving_in_Early_Years_Foundation_Stage.pdf title 205883_Children_Achieving_in_Early_Years
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1037192

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: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England who are (i) eligible and (ii) not eligible for free school meals achieved school readiness standards at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The requested data is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2019 17:09:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 205884_Percentage_of_children_achieving_a_good_level_of_development_in_early_years_foundation_stage_profile_teacher_assessments_.pdf title Achievement_in_early_years_foundation_stage
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero