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823394

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has retained ministerial responsibility for social mobility policy.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	122876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The department has retained ministerial responsibility for improving social mobility through education. We will continue to ensure that the education system supports the government’s priority to increase opportunity so that all people can reach their potential.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/01/2018 14:23:57 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

823634

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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 assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the finding of the survey of childcare providers in England, conducted by the Pre School Learning Alliance in December 2017, that 66 per cent of childcare providers plan to make changes to how they offer the 30 hours over the next 12 months most commonly by increasing fees and charges.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	123092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The government has always been clear that providers can choose whether to offer 30 hours and what pattern of days and hours they offer parents. We have also been clear that government funding is not intended to cover the costs of meals or additional services. It is entirely reasonable for providers to charge parents for additional extras but this cannot be a condition of the child’s place.</p><p> </p><p>The independent evaluation of the 30 hours early delivery areas did not find that charges were a barrier to parents taking up a place. They also showed that over 80% of providers who previously delivered the free entitlements were willing and able to offer extended hours places.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 123094 question first answered 19/01/2018 14:28:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

823636

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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 assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the finding of the survey of childcare providers in England, conducted by the Pre School Learning Alliance in December 2017, that 38 per cent of providers are uncertain whether or not they will be offering 30 hours places in a year's time.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	123094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The government has always been clear that providers can choose whether to offer 30 hours and what pattern of days and hours they offer parents. We have also been clear that government funding is not intended to cover the costs of meals or additional services. It is entirely reasonable for providers to charge parents for additional extras but this cannot be a condition of the child’s place.</p><p> </p><p>The independent evaluation of the 30 hours early delivery areas did not find that charges were a barrier to parents taking up a place. They also showed that over 80% of providers who previously delivered the free entitlements were willing and able to offer extended hours places.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 123092 question first answered 19/01/2018 14:28:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

823668

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the budget for the Social Mobility Commission was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	123123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The Commission became operational in December 2012 (then as the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission). The government has previously allocated the following funding to the Commission:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£227,000 in 2012-3 (from October 2012 – March 2013);</li><li>£600,000 in 2013-4;</li><li>£600,000 in 2014-5;</li><li>£600,000 in 2015-6;</li><li>£589,000 in 2016-7;</li><li>£610,000 in 2017-8.</li></ul> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/01/2018 14:28:19 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

823722

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the National College for Teaching and Leadership has ever reached the recruitment target of 2,400 early years teachers per year; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	123170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The government determines the supply of newly trained teachers with Qualified Teacher Status through a Teacher Supply Model.</p><p> </p><p>There is no equivalent supply model to determine the number of early years teachers required and there is not a target set for recruitment of such teachers. We continue to make early years initial teacher training places available based on demand.</p><p> </p><p>Experimental statistics on new entrants to early years initial teacher training for the academic year 2017/18 are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2017-to-2018</a><strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/01/2018 14:20:51 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

823732

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2018 to Question 121998, how many eligible children there are for 30 hours of funded childcare in (a) England, (b) each region of England and (c) each local authority area in England.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	123178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The government set out in the 2015 Spending Review that 390,000 children are expected to be eligible for 30 hours free childcare.</p><p>The number of eligible children will increase through the academic year as more children turn three.</p><p>We do not have a robust estimate of eligibility at a regional and local authority level. Local authorities have a statutory duty under section 7 of the Childcare Act 2006 to secure early education places free of charge for all eligible children and we expect local authorities to carry out analysis to understand local demand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/01/2018 14:22:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

822834

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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, which local authorities children's services departments are exempt from statutory guidance; what those exemptions are; and what steps his Department takes to monitor and review those exemptions.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	122517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Six local authorities are currently exempt from statutory guidance. These are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Hackney;</li><li>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham;</li><li>Hartlepool;</li><li>Kensington &amp; Chelsea;</li><li>Wandsworth; and</li><li>Westminster.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>These local authorities are testing a more flexible assessment process with the aim of delivering improved outcomes and focussed interventions for children and families. Each local authority is subject to conditions including if any concerns arise about the safety of children, the flexibility may be withdrawn. These exemptions relate to the following timescales from ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ statutory guidance:</p><ul><li>45 working days for completion of social work assessments;</li><li>15 working days between the strategy discussion and the initial child protection conference; and</li><li>10 working days from the initial child protection conference to the first core group meeting if a child becomes the subject of a child protection plan.</li></ul><p>Exemption from these timescales allow for local authority innovation in service delivery and empower social workers and their managers to determine the complex balance between ‘thoroughness and depth’ and the ‘timeliness and proportionality’ of each assessment.</p><p>These trials were instigated post the 2011 Munro Review of Child Protection.</p><p>All local authorities are monitored through regular Ofsted inspection regimes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/01/2018 15:23:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

822909

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps have been taken by the Government in response to the recommendation in paragraph 6.2.3 of the Council of Europe Resolution 2036 (2015) on respecting the right of parents to provide their children with an education in conformity with their religious or philosophical convictions, while guaranteeing the fundamental right of children to education in a critical and pluralistic manner in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights, its protocols and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	122592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter and therefore any steps taken in response to the Council of Europe Resolution 2036 are a matter for the relevant devolved administration.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to England, schools with a religious character make up a third of all state- funded schools and parents have a large degree of choice over how they can provide their children with an education in line with their own beliefs.</p><p> </p><p>The government also firmly believes in the importance of religious education. Good quality religious education can develop children’s knowledge of the values and traditions of Britain and other countries, and foster understanding among different faiths and cultures. That is why it remains compulsory for all state funded schools in England and Wales, including academies and free schools, at all key stages. Parents also have the right to ask for their child to be withdrawn for religious education.</p><p> </p><p>Religious education is part of schools’ activity to meet their legal duty to promote young people’s spiritual, moral and cultural development. We expect all schools to promote fundamental British values, and that includes encouraging mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/01/2018 17:39:16 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

822944

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry who are (i) eligible and (ii) not eligible for free school meals have achieved school readiness standards at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	122627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The data requested is published in table 6 of the additional tables by pupil characteristics within the ‘Early years foundation stage profile results: 2016 to 2017’ statistical first release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2016-to-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/01/2018 14:50:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

823096

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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 the average cost was to a local authority of preparing for and supporting Ofsted in conducting the Single Inspection Framework for Children's Services in 2017.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	122779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to you and a copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 122781 122783 question first answered 18/01/2018 15:19:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck