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1456352

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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 estimate he has made of the amount of money disbursed privately by people and families each year during parents' working hours on (a) childcare for children who too young to go to school, (b) before school activities, (c) after school activities and (c) holiday activities (i) in total and (ii) for children aged (A) one, (B) two, (C) three, (D) four, (E) five, (F) six, (G) seven, (H) eight, (I) nine, (J) ten and (K) 11 in each of the last fifteen years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	151061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold all of the requested information. However, the department does hold the data in the two attached tables:</p><ol><li>Payments made to local authorities for government-funded childcare for 2, 3, and 4-year-olds, as part of the dedicated schools grant since the 2013/14 financial year (tab 1 in the spreadsheet).</li><li>Mean child-level weekly payments for childcare for 0 to 2-year-olds, 3 to 4-year-olds, 5 to 7-year-olds, 8 to 11-year-olds, and 12 to 14-year-olds. This is taken from the department’s childcare and early years survey of parents. It should be noted that the department only holds this data back to 2014. For the 2019 survey, the focus shifted to preschool children following a user consultation in 2018. As such, the data only covers 0 to-4-year-olds (tab 2 in the spreadsheet).</li></ol><p> </p><p>In addition, the holiday activities and food programme was expanded to all local authorities in England in 2021. This programme provides free holiday club places with healthy meals and enriching activities to school-aged children who receive benefits-related free school meals.</p><p>A breakdown of expenditure is not available for the age groups specified in the question. However, the department is investing over £200 million a year in this programme. Allocations at local authority level for the 2022/23 financial year are in the department’s grant determination letter, available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1042274/Grant_determination_letter_-_HAF_2022_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1042274/Grant_determination_letter_-_HAF_2022_Final.pdf</a>.</p><p>The government’s range of childcare support includes 15 hours free early education for all 3- and 4-year-olds, which can help save parents over £3,000 per year. In 2013, this was extended to the most disadvantaged 2-year-olds.</p><p>In 2017, the department introduced an additional 15 hours free childcare for working parents of 3- and 4-year-olds, bringing the total amount of available childcare to eligible parents to 30 hours. This can save parents over £6,000 per year. To be eligible for this, a lone parent must earn from just over £7,900 a year, and a couple (where both are working) from just over £15,800 per year.</p><p>The government has also introduced Tax-Free Childcare, available for working parents of children aged 0-11 (or up to 16 if their child is disabled) with the same income thresholds as 30 hours free childcare. This scheme can save parents up to £2,000 per year (or up to £4,000 for children with disabilities) and can be used alongside 30 hours free childcare.</p><p>Working parents on a low income may also be eligible for help with up to 85% of their childcare costs through the childcare element of Universal Credit. This is subject to a monthly limit of £646 for one child or £1,108 for two or more children aged 0-16.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 151062 151063 question first answered 19/04/2022 15:39:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 151061 151062 151063 table.xlsx title 151061_151062_151063_table
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1456354

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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 estimate he has made of the amount of money disbursed from public funds on childcare, including on (a) children too young to go to school, (b) before-school activities, (c) after-school activities and (d) school holiday activities (i) in total and (ii) for children aged (A) one, (B) two, (C) three, (D) four, (E) five, (F) six, (G) seven, (H) eight, (I) nine, (J) ten and (K) 11 in each of the last fifteen years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	151062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold all of the requested information. However, the department does hold the data in the two attached tables:</p><ol><li>Payments made to local authorities for government-funded childcare for 2, 3, and 4-year-olds, as part of the dedicated schools grant since the 2013/14 financial year (tab 1 in the spreadsheet).</li><li>Mean child-level weekly payments for childcare for 0 to 2-year-olds, 3 to 4-year-olds, 5 to 7-year-olds, 8 to 11-year-olds, and 12 to 14-year-olds. This is taken from the department’s childcare and early years survey of parents. It should be noted that the department only holds this data back to 2014. For the 2019 survey, the focus shifted to preschool children following a user consultation in 2018. As such, the data only covers 0 to-4-year-olds (tab 2 in the spreadsheet).</li></ol><p> </p><p>In addition, the holiday activities and food programme was expanded to all local authorities in England in 2021. This programme provides free holiday club places with healthy meals and enriching activities to school-aged children who receive benefits-related free school meals.</p><p>A breakdown of expenditure is not available for the age groups specified in the question. However, the department is investing over £200 million a year in this programme. Allocations at local authority level for the 2022/23 financial year are in the department’s grant determination letter, available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1042274/Grant_determination_letter_-_HAF_2022_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1042274/Grant_determination_letter_-_HAF_2022_Final.pdf</a>.</p><p>The government’s range of childcare support includes 15 hours free early education for all 3- and 4-year-olds, which can help save parents over £3,000 per year. In 2013, this was extended to the most disadvantaged 2-year-olds.</p><p>In 2017, the department introduced an additional 15 hours free childcare for working parents of 3- and 4-year-olds, bringing the total amount of available childcare to eligible parents to 30 hours. This can save parents over £6,000 per year. To be eligible for this, a lone parent must earn from just over £7,900 a year, and a couple (where both are working) from just over £15,800 per year.</p><p>The government has also introduced Tax-Free Childcare, available for working parents of children aged 0-11 (or up to 16 if their child is disabled) with the same income thresholds as 30 hours free childcare. This scheme can save parents up to £2,000 per year (or up to £4,000 for children with disabilities) and can be used alongside 30 hours free childcare.</p><p>Working parents on a low income may also be eligible for help with up to 85% of their childcare costs through the childcare element of Universal Credit. This is subject to a monthly limit of £646 for one child or £1,108 for two or more children aged 0-16.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 151061 151063 question first answered 19/04/2022 15:39:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 151061 151062 151063 table.xlsx title 151061_151062_151063_table
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1455288

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
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, how much (a) public money has been made available to fund SEND provision in English (i) mainstream and (ii) special schools in each of the last fifteen years and (b) he has budgeted to provide for each of those purposes in each of the next three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	149231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The department makes available funding for special educational needs and disability (SEND) provision though the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) to local authorities. Within the DSG, the majority of funding is for mainstream schools. When allocating funding to mainstream schools, local authorities indicate a notional amount that is for pupils with special educational needs, but schools decide how much of their overall budgets to spend supporting those pupils. The department does not collect that information from schools.</p><p>The DSG also includes high needs funding for children and young people with more complex SEND. Local authorities use their high needs budgets to provide additional funding to mainstream schools, for these pupils, and to fund special schools.</p><p>Table 1 below shows the amounts of high needs funding the department has made available to local authorities. This table goes back to the 2015/16 financial year. Figures for earlier years are either not comparable or not available because of the way that the DSG was allocated prior to 2015/16.</p><p>Table 1</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Total high needs block funding (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>5,247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>5,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>5,827</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>6,115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>6,279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>7,063</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>7,906</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23 (Provisional, including supplementary funding)</p></td><td><p>8,981</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Of the above amounts of high needs funding, local authorities have told us how much they have made available to mainstream schools and special schools in budget statements provided to the department under section 251 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009. These amounts are set out in table 2 below. Table 2 does not include high needs funding that local authorities have made available for under 5 year olds, and for young people in further education and alternative provision: these categories of planned expenditure are included in the amounts in table 1.</p><p>Table 2</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Mainstream primary and secondary schools (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Special schools (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1,254</p></td><td><p>2,912</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1,308</p></td><td><p>2,978</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1,348</p></td><td><p>3,126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>1,443</p></td><td><p>3,448</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>1,483</p></td><td><p>3,788</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2,063</p></td><td><p>4,517</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Due to some categories of expenditure changed from year to year, the amounts in the table above are not on a precise like-for-like basis. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the department did not collect this information from local authorities in the 2020/21 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have not yet advised the department of their planned high needs expenditure in the 2022/23 financial year. Neither the department nor local authorities have yet budgeted for high needs spending in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/04/2022 14:37:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1455351

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the example of Sophie on page 50 of the SEND review he presented to Parliament on 29 March 2022 (CP 624), how many children both (a) five or under and (b) educated in a special school, have an Education and Health Care Plan; what proportion that number constitutes of all children with an EHCP; how many children aged five or under are educated in special schools; and what proportion of children aged five or under with an EHCP are educated in a special school.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	149237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>There were 10,778 pupils with an education, health and care (EHC) plan aged five or under and in attendance at a special school in January 2021. This constitutes 2.5% of all EHC plans in January 2021.</p><p>There were 11,662 pupils aged five or under attending a special school in January 2021. 34% of children aged five or under with an EHC plan were attending a special school in January 2021.</p><p>The figures above are derived from data published in the Special Educational Needs in England publication, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ef0839de-baad-422d-86a5-e25ea50cd63b" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ef0839de-baad-422d-86a5-e25ea50cd63b</a>.</p><p>A table is attached providing the number of four-year-olds by provider type and the proportion of four-year-old children registered at each provider type.</p><p>The number and percentage of pupils receiving funded early education who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) for three and four-year-olds combined are available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/18857e7f-46db-4c02-af16-939bd652c6e0" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/18857e7f-46db-4c02-af16-939bd652c6e0</a>.</p><p>The total number of four-year-olds with an EHC plan specifically is not available. The number of children aged 0-4 with an EHC plan was 16,536. This includes all children with an EHC plan, whether attending a school or not.</p><p>The amount spent in each of the last 12 financial years by the government on SEND-specific continuous professional development for nursery staff is not held by the department.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 149238 question first answered 06/04/2022 11:33:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 149237 149238_table_showing_four_year_olds_by_provider_type.xls title 149327_149328_table_showing_providers_4yr_olds
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1455353

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the example of Daniella on page 40 of the SEND review he presented to Parliament on 29 March 2022 (CP 624); how many children aged four are educated at a nursery; what proportion of four year olds in England are so educated; what proportion of four year olds does he estimate to have special educational needs or disabilities (SEND); what number of four year olds have been assessed to have SEND; how many four years olds have an Education and Health Care Plan, and what proportion of the total population of four year olds in England does that constitute; and how much has been spent in each of the last 12 financial years by the Government on SEND specific CPD for nursery staff.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	149238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>There were 10,778 pupils with an education, health and care (EHC) plan aged five or under and in attendance at a special school in January 2021. This constitutes 2.5% of all EHC plans in January 2021.</p><p>There were 11,662 pupils aged five or under attending a special school in January 2021. 34% of children aged five or under with an EHC plan were attending a special school in January 2021.</p><p>The figures above are derived from data published in the Special Educational Needs in England publication, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ef0839de-baad-422d-86a5-e25ea50cd63b" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ef0839de-baad-422d-86a5-e25ea50cd63b</a>.</p><p>A table is attached providing the number of four-year-olds by provider type and the proportion of four-year-old children registered at each provider type.</p><p>The number and percentage of pupils receiving funded early education who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) for three and four-year-olds combined are available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/18857e7f-46db-4c02-af16-939bd652c6e0" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/18857e7f-46db-4c02-af16-939bd652c6e0</a>.</p><p>The total number of four-year-olds with an EHC plan specifically is not available. The number of children aged 0-4 with an EHC plan was 16,536. This includes all children with an EHC plan, whether attending a school or not.</p><p>The amount spent in each of the last 12 financial years by the government on SEND-specific continuous professional development for nursery staff is not held by the department.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 149237 question first answered 06/04/2022 11:33:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 149237 149238_table_showing_four_year_olds_by_provider_type.xls title 149327_149328_table_showing_providers_4yr_olds
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1455174

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Family Hubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his oral contribution of 28 March 2022 on the introduction of family hubs in half of England's local authorities, what criteria he has or plans to use to determine which local authorities will receive a family hub; and if he will place a copy of the list of those local authorities that will receive a family hub in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	148159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>In the 2021 Autumn Budget, the government announced a further £82 million to create a network of family hubs. This is part of a wider £300 million package to transform services for parents, carers, babies, and children in half of council areas across England.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education and Department for Health and Social Care are working together to determine the best approach for selecting local authorities and distributing the funding. The department will set out more detail in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The department will place in the libraries of both Houses a copy of the list of those local authorities eligible to receive funding for family hubs from the Spending Review 2021 package.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 31/03/2022 15:53:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1452424

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
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 estimate he has made for children aged (a) 0-two, (b) two to four and (c) four or over, of the proportion of (i) children receiving some childcare from their grandparents and (ii) grandparents providing some childcare for their grandchildren, in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	142450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2022 answer text <p>Information on the proportion of children receiving childcare from grandparents is collected in the annual childcare and early years survey of parents. Data from each of the past ten years can be found in the attached table.</p><p>In surveys taking place up to 2018, interviews were conducted with parents of children aged 0 to 14-years-old. For the 2019 survey, interviews were conducted with parents of children aged 0 to 4-years-old.</p><p>The 2020 survey did not take place because the COVID-19 outbreak restricted the survey methodology, as it is conducted using face-to-face interviews. Fieldwork for the 2021 childcare and early years survey of parents is currently underway with parents of children aged 0 to 14-years-old. The latest published data is for the 2019 survey.</p><p>The department does not hold information on the proportion of grandparents providing childcare.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/03/2022 17:23:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 142450 grandparents and childcare table 220322.pdf title 142450 table
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1452300

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
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, whether he has plans to restart the Childcare and early years survey of parents run by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	141974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2022 answer text <p>Fieldwork for the childcare and early years survey of parents (2021) is currently underway. The official statistics have a provisional release date of July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/03/2022 14:34:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1423166

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: National Police Chiefs' Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times have ministers in his Department met with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for Child Protection in the last five years; and on what dates any such meetings took place.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	125114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council are members of the Vulnerable Children Young People Board and Safeguarding Children Reform Implementation Board, and thus share communication with the relevant bodies within the department. They have also attended roundtables with my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, to discuss issues such as online safeguarding.</p><p>With regards to the specific ask, information regarding the number of meetings is not readily available, although the former Minister for Children and Families, my hon. Friend for Chelmsford, met with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead on 19 May 2021 and 10 June 2021. In addition, ministers will meet with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead where necessary, and cross-government department links and working groups are strong, ensuring that relevant information and concerns are shared.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/03/2022 17:16:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1423167

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department made prior to the closure of schools in March 2020 of the impact of closures on safeguarding vulnerable children.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	125115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The government recognises that attending school is a vital protective factor when it comes to safeguarding and supporting vulnerable children.</p><p>That is why we kept schools, colleges and nurseries open throughout the COVID-19 outbreak and prioritised the attendance of vulnerable children.</p><p>Additionally, we took steps to ensure that vulnerable children had access to wider support by ensuring that children's social care services and early help services continued to operate. We worked with local authorities, the police and charities to tackle hidden harms, and we established a Vulnerable Children and Young People survey of local authorities, to make sure that we had an accurate picture of contact between these pupils and social workers.</p><p>The Public Accounts Committee report into the Department for Education’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak can be found here: <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmpubacc/240/24006.htm#_idTextAnchor006" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmpubacc/240/24006.htm#_idTextAnchor006</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 125116 question first answered 07/03/2022 16:56:03 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson