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828683

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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 steps his Department has taken to roll out 30 hours of free childcare in (a) Manchester, Withington constituency and (b) Manchester.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	124338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The department is committed to ensuring all parents who are eligible for the 30 hours free childcare entitlement are able to take up a place that suits their childcare needs. We have already provided significant support to local authorities and providers through our delivery contractor, ‘Childcare Works’, providing tailored support to help progress implementation plans.</p><p> </p><p>In November 17, we also launched the ‘Delivery Support Fund’ to support local authorities, and enable them to support their providers,</p><p> </p><p>On 19 December 2017, we published ’30 hours free childcare: autumn term 2017’. This showed that, in the first term of delivery, an estimated 1,094 children were in a 30 hours place in Manchester – this was 82% of those issued with a 30 hours eligibility code.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, as of 8 January, 2,235 30 hours eligibility codes had been issued in Manchester for the spring term and 1,311 of these codes had been validated via the department’s eligibility checking system. This data was published in the management information release: ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673119/30-hours_childcare_management_information_stats-_Jan_2018.pdf" target="_blank">30 hours free childcare eligibility codes issued and validated: January 2018</a>’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to publish regular management information on the rollout of 30 hours free childcare at a national and local level.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 124339 question first answered 29/01/2018 17:22:17 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

828684

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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 how many eligibility codes for 30 hours free childcare have been (a) generated and (b) validated in (i) Manchester Withington constituency and (b) Manchester.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	124339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The department is committed to ensuring all parents who are eligible for the 30 hours free childcare entitlement are able to take up a place that suits their childcare needs. We have already provided significant support to local authorities and providers through our delivery contractor, ‘Childcare Works’, providing tailored support to help progress implementation plans.</p><p> </p><p>In November 17, we also launched the ‘Delivery Support Fund’ to support local authorities, and enable them to support their providers,</p><p> </p><p>On 19 December 2017, we published ’30 hours free childcare: autumn term 2017’. This showed that, in the first term of delivery, an estimated 1,094 children were in a 30 hours place in Manchester – this was 82% of those issued with a 30 hours eligibility code.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, as of 8 January, 2,235 30 hours eligibility codes had been issued in Manchester for the spring term and 1,311 of these codes had been validated via the department’s eligibility checking system. This data was published in the management information release: ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673119/30-hours_childcare_management_information_stats-_Jan_2018.pdf" target="_blank">30 hours free childcare eligibility codes issued and validated: January 2018</a>’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to publish regular management information on the rollout of 30 hours free childcare at a national and local level.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 124338 question first answered 29/01/2018 17:22:17 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

828741

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the medical conditions policies of schools are checked by Ofsted as part of their regular system of inspections.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	124384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The government knows how important it is that children with medical conditions are supported to enjoy a full education. That is why it has introduced a new duty to require governing boards to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions, and have provided statutory guidance outlining schools’ responsibilities in this area. This guidance sets out that governing boards should ensure that all schools develop a policy for supporting pupils with medical conditions that is reviewed regularly and is readily accessible to parents and school staff. We keep the guidance under review, including in the context of school awareness, and the role it plays in securing accessibility of school policies</p><p>Ofsted’s Common Inspection Framework requires inspectors, in making judgements, to pay particular attention to the outcomes of a range of groups of pupils, including those with medical needs. Ofsted included guidance to inspectors on this matter in their March 2017 school inspection update, reminding inspectors that they should consider how schools are meeting the needs of pupils with medical conditions.</p><p>The department works with organisations such as the Health Conditions in Schools Alliance to help raise awareness of the duty on schools, and recently promoted the duty through the department’s social media channels.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 124400 124404 question first answered 31/01/2018 14:42:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

828762

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to update the statutory guidance on support for pupils with medical conditions to require schools to make their medical conditions policies readily accessible to parents by publishing them on their websites.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	124400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The government knows how important it is that children with medical conditions are supported to enjoy a full education. That is why it has introduced a new duty to require governing boards to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions, and have provided statutory guidance outlining schools’ responsibilities in this area. This guidance sets out that governing boards should ensure that all schools develop a policy for supporting pupils with medical conditions that is reviewed regularly and is readily accessible to parents and school staff. We keep the guidance under review, including in the context of school awareness, and the role it plays in securing accessibility of school policies</p><p>Ofsted’s Common Inspection Framework requires inspectors, in making judgements, to pay particular attention to the outcomes of a range of groups of pupils, including those with medical needs. Ofsted included guidance to inspectors on this matter in their March 2017 school inspection update, reminding inspectors that they should consider how schools are meeting the needs of pupils with medical conditions.</p><p>The department works with organisations such as the Health Conditions in Schools Alliance to help raise awareness of the duty on schools, and recently promoted the duty through the department’s social media channels.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 124384 124404 question first answered 31/01/2018 14:42:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

828767

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to provide additional guidance to help schools (a) understand and (b) comply with their responsibilities on supporting pupils with medical conditions.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	124404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The government knows how important it is that children with medical conditions are supported to enjoy a full education. That is why it has introduced a new duty to require governing boards to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions, and have provided statutory guidance outlining schools’ responsibilities in this area. This guidance sets out that governing boards should ensure that all schools develop a policy for supporting pupils with medical conditions that is reviewed regularly and is readily accessible to parents and school staff. We keep the guidance under review, including in the context of school awareness, and the role it plays in securing accessibility of school policies</p><p>Ofsted’s Common Inspection Framework requires inspectors, in making judgements, to pay particular attention to the outcomes of a range of groups of pupils, including those with medical needs. Ofsted included guidance to inspectors on this matter in their March 2017 school inspection update, reminding inspectors that they should consider how schools are meeting the needs of pupils with medical conditions.</p><p>The department works with organisations such as the Health Conditions in Schools Alliance to help raise awareness of the duty on schools, and recently promoted the duty through the department’s social media channels.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 124384 124400 question first answered 31/01/2018 14:42:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

828768

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Chief Scientific Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings (a) he and (b) his predecessor held with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between October 2017 and December 2017.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	124405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not had a Chief Scientific Adviser in post since 30 September 2017. The Department is currently carrying out a review of analysis and we are considering whether the Department requires a Chief Scientific Adviser in addition to a Chief Analyst as part of this review. The Permanent Secretary gave written evidence to the Science and Technology Committee on 23 January, which will be published in due course and accessible here: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/research-integrity-17-19/publications/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/research-integrity-17-19/publications/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 31/01/2018 17:26:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

828802

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster 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 2017 to Question 117980, on foster care, how many organisations have adopted the foster-family-friendly employer policy since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	124432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>In April 2014, the department became the government’s first foster-family-friendly employer, as we believe it is right that staff have extra support in balancing their work and caring responsibilities. Other government departments, including the Department for Work and Pensions and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, have since followed the Department for Education’s lead and introduced a similar policy.</p><p>We do not collect data on which organisations sign up to this commitment, but there is a list of foster-family-friendly employers on pages 21-23 of the ‘Combining Fostering and Other Work’ report (November 2014, The Fostering Network and the Department for Education).</p><p>To ensure even more support for foster carers, the government has recently committed to extending the additional 15 hours childcare allowance to foster carers taking on employment outside of the home ‎by September 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 31/01/2018 15:02:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

828861

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to resume Ofsted inspections of children’s centres.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	124481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 25 January 2017 to Question 124199 - <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=124199" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=124199</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 29/01/2018 17:26:31 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

828862

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to launch the consultation on children's centres which was first announced in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	124482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers given by my hon. Friend the former Minister of State for Children and Families (Robert Goodwill) on 12 December 2017 to question 118316 available at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=118316" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=118316</a> and on 19 December 2017 to question 118701 available at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=118701" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=118701</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 31/01/2018 15:06:08 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

828897

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Drinking Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	124511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The department does not purchase bottled water for meetings or water cooler bottles. The water coolers use water which feeds directly from the mains supply.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 31/01/2018 14:12:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron