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731237

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date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) quality of attachment between parents and children aged under five, (b) home learning environments for children aged under five and (c) mental health of new and expectant mothers in low-income households.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>Parents play a vitally important role in their child’s early development and learning.</p><p>The What to Expect When Guide, funded by the Department for Education (DfE), sets out the development milestones at each age in key areas to help parents support their children. <a href="http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/2015/03/what-to-expect-when-a-parents-guide/" target="_blank">http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/2015/03/what-to-expect-when-a-parents-guide/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework (EYFS) statutory framework requires that early years settings must engage parents and carers in guiding their child’s development at home. In 2017, the Department awarded grants totalling almost £1.7m to voluntary and community sector organisations. These grants support work with disadvantaged communities to improve the take-up of free early education places for 2-year olds, and work with parents to create a positive home learning environment.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is leading a programme of work to ensure that at least 30,000 more women each year are able to access evidence-based specialist mental health care during the perinatal period by 2020/21. £60m has been committed to improve the provision of specialist perinatal community services across England between 2016/17 and 2018/19, promoting equality of access across the communities they serve.</p><p>Increasing capability across the specialist perinatal mental health workforce is also a key objective. Targeted funding of £1.2m in 2017/18 will enable the training of mental health, maternity and primary care staff, increasing awareness and skills related to perinatal mental health.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/06/2017 13:11:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

731245

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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 she plans to publish the consultation on the future of Sure Start children's centres.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all children – regardless of background – get the best possible start in life. Children’s centres are part of this.</p><p>We will set out our plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/06/2017 13:04:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

731286

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) universal credit were processed within five days during the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	59
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Claims Cleared in 5 working days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobseekers Allowance</p></td><td><p>351,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment &amp; Support Allowance</p></td><td><p>385,934</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This information is not collected in relation to Universal Credit. The assessment period and payment structure of Universal Credit is fundamentally different to the legacy benefits it is replacing. The first payment is made 5 weeks after the initial application (6 weeks if waiting days are served). This mirrors the world of work and allows for a 1 month assessment period in which to gather information about a claimant’s earnings.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/06/2017 13:15:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

731296

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to recruit a specialist, highly-trained early years workforce.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	75
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>On 3 March 2017, my department published its <em>Early Years Workforce Strategy</em>, setting out actions to support the development of a well-qualified workforce with the appropriate knowledge, skills and experience to deliver high quality early education and childcare for children from birth to age five.</p><p> </p><p>The Early Years Workforce Strategy can be viewed online:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-workforce-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-workforce-strategy</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/06/2017 13:23:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead