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176399

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	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, what estimate her Department has made of the average unit cost of a designated Sure Start Children's Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	222557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities have the freedom to target their resources where they will best support the needs of local communities, provided they meet their statutory duty to ensure sufficient children centre services.</p><p> </p><p>Children’s centres are funded through the Early Intervention Grant (EIG), part of the ‘Business Rates Retention Scheme’. This includes money to provide early education for two-year-olds and funding to retain a national network of children’s centres.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education does not make estimates of unit costs for children’s centres because of the variety of approaches to the structure of a children’s centre network, and delivery of services, that local authorities are free to employ – bearing in mind statutory guidance – to best meet local need.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 02/02/2015 17:42:49 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

657083

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	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, how many Sure Start children's centres there were in England in each year since 2010; and how many such centres provided onsite childcare in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	57066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities, the total numbers of main children’s centres and sites each year since 2010 are set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total number main centres and sites at start of the year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010[1]</p></td><td><p>3,615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,576</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,458</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data on the number of children’s centres providing childcare on site.</p><p>The Department collects information on the provision of child care through the Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey[2]. This information allows us to estimate the number of children's centres providing full day care provision on site. Estimates from the 2013 Childcare and Early Years Providers survey show that in 2010 the number of children's centres providing on-site full day care was 800 and that in 2013 this figure was 450. Results of the 2013 survey suggest that increases in the broader supply of full day care provision may have impacted on demand for provision specifically based in children's centres. The survey estimates that between 2010 and 2013 the number of full day care providers increased from 16,700 to 17,900.</p><p>[1] Figures for 2010 begin from April 2010. Figures for subsequent years begin from 1 January.</p><p>[2] Childcare and Early Years Provider Survey 2013: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/12/2016 16:39:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

661663

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	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 the Government plans to publish its consultation on the future of children's centres.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	58217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that tackling poverty and disadvantage, and delivering real social reform, is a priority for this Government. We are considering the future direction for children’s centres and will provide further detail in due course, including how stakeholders and members of the public can contribute.</p><p> </p><p>The requirement for Ofsted to undertake the inspections of Sure Start children’s centres is currently suspended pending the consideration of their future direction as mentioned above. The Secretary of State has not had any recent discussions with Ofsted on the inspection of children’s centres.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 58292 question first answered 09/01/2017 17:20:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

675480

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	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, how many Sure Start children's centres have been opened in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	60922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>As at 31 December 2016 there were 3,251 main children’s centres and sites open to families and children providing children's centre services as part of a network. Children’s centre records are maintained by local authorities and are made publicly available via the Department’s “EduBase portal” at: <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml</a></p><p> </p><p>Based on information supplied by local authorities, eight children’s centres have opened since April 2010[1].</p><p> </p><p>[1] This figure for centres opened since 2010 does not include children’s centres that local authorities have reported closed and subsequently reopened. It is not possible to give a year on year breakdown.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/01/2017 17:25:53 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

675482

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	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, how many Sure Start children's centres closed in England in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	60923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>As at 31 December 2016 there were 3,251 main children’s centres and sites open to families and children providing children's centre services as part of a network. Children’s centre records are maintained by local authorities and are made publicly available via the Department’s “EduBase portal” at: <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml</a></p><p> </p><p>Based on information supplied by local authorities, 64 children’s centres closed in 2016[1].</p><p> </p><p>[1] The total number of closures in 2016 is based on data supplied to Edubase by local authorities as at 20 January 2017; and local authorities could report additional closures in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/01/2017 17:30:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

705571

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	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, which local authorities have given notice to her Department of plans to dispose of grant-funded assets under the requirements of the Sure Start Early Years and Childcare Grant.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	65656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The decision whether to dispose of grant funded assets is a local issue. Where local authorities dispose of or change the use of buildings or other assets funded wholly or partly through Sure Start capital grants, they must repay the money through the claw-back process. Details of the monitoring arrangements in place regarding claw-back rules are set out at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-02-24/28205/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-02-24/28205/</a>. Further details of terms and conditions regarding claw-back are available in Sure Start capital guidance published by the department in December 2009 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/273740/capital_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/273740/capital_guidance.pdf</a>.</p><p>A list of the local authorities who have notified the department of plans to dispose of, transfer or change the use of assets funded by Sure Start capital grants is available at attached. We do not hold a separate list of those local authorities who notified the department of plans to dispose of assets.</p><p>A list of the amount of money that has been recovered in each of the last three years from local authorities disposing of, transferring or changing the use of grant-funded assets is set out below</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount recovered</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£88,642</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£0[1]</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]The department did not clawback any funding in 2016 but decisions about whether or not to claw-back funding from three of the local authorities who notified the department of the disposal, transfer or change of use of Sure Start grant-funded in 2016 are still pending.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 65657 question first answered 02/03/2017 16:24:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage attachment 1 file name PQ 65656 - List of LAs.xlsx title List of Local authorities
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

705572

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	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, how much her Department recovered from local authorities disposing of grant-funded assets under the requirements of the Sure Start Early Years and Childcare Grant in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	65657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The decision whether to dispose of grant funded assets is a local issue. Where local authorities dispose of or change the use of buildings or other assets funded wholly or partly through Sure Start capital grants, they must repay the money through the claw-back process. Details of the monitoring arrangements in place regarding claw-back rules are set out at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-02-24/28205/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-02-24/28205/</a>. Further details of terms and conditions regarding claw-back are available in Sure Start capital guidance published by the department in December 2009 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/273740/capital_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/273740/capital_guidance.pdf</a>.</p><p>A list of the local authorities who have notified the department of plans to dispose of, transfer or change the use of assets funded by Sure Start capital grants is available at attached. We do not hold a separate list of those local authorities who notified the department of plans to dispose of assets.</p><p>A list of the amount of money that has been recovered in each of the last three years from local authorities disposing of, transferring or changing the use of grant-funded assets is set out below</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount recovered</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£88,642</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£0[1]</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]The department did not clawback any funding in 2016 but decisions about whether or not to claw-back funding from three of the local authorities who notified the department of the disposal, transfer or change of use of Sure Start grant-funded in 2016 are still pending.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 65656 question first answered 02/03/2017 16:24:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage attachment 1 file name PQ 65656 - List of LAs.xlsx title List of Local authorities
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

710979

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2017 to Question 65657, on children's centres, from which local authorities the amount recovered in 2015 was received.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	67821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2017 to Question 65657, the amount of £88,642 was recovered from Northamptonshire County Council in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/03/2017 17:54:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

722088

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2017
	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 the Government plans to publish its consultation on the future of children's centres.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	71018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 9 January 2017 to Question 58217: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-12-19/58217/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-12-19/58217/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/04/2017 14:15:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

760671

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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, how many children's centre linked sites there have been in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	105082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Since 18 September 2017, real-time data on Sure Start children’s centres and children’s centre linked sites has been supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database portal at: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>The department does not systematically collect information on the date children’s centres convert to children’s centre linked sites so it is not possible to provide a breakdown by year.</p><p>The definition of a children’s centre linked site is set out in the GIAS glossary at: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/glossary" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/glossary</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 105083 question first answered 09/10/2017 11:08:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis