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751281

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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 her Department has taken account of the potential change to parents' working hours resulting from the commencement of provision of 30 hours free childcare from September 2017 on the number of childcare places to be made available; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities continue to have a duty to secure sufficient childcare for working parents in their local areas. The Department is committed to working with local authorities to ensure sufficient places, which is why we awarded a delivery contract to Childcare Works, who continue to provide ongoing support and challenge to local authorities and providers delivering 30 hours.</p><p>The Department has also supported the growth and creation of additional places to deliver the 30 hours funded entitlement and in 2016, ran a £100 million early years capital bid round, which will create almost 18,000 additional 30 hours places for working parents.</p><p>We know that thousands of eligible children are taking up 30 hours places in our 12 early delivery areas and that parents have extended their working hours as a result of accessing the offer.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/07/2017 16:57:43 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

751283

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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 guidance her Department has available for parents who find employment after August's 30 free hours application deadline and before the application process reopening for January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Working parents, or parents expecting to start a new job in the next 14 days, who believe they are eligible for 30 hours can make an application through the childcare service. The Department published the guidance document, <em>30 hours free childcare: eligibility</em>, which sets out the eligibility requirements for 30 hours free childcare. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility</a>.</p><p>A parent can claim 30 hours the term following the child’s third birthday and the term following receipt of their eligibility code from HMRC (whichever is later). This is set out in the Department’s guidance <em>Early years entitlements: operational guidance</em> to support local authorities and childcare providers, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-la-and-early-years-provider-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-la-and-early-years-provider-guide</a>.</p><p>Further guidance for parents can also be found at: <a href="https://childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/07/2017 16:54:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

750772

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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, if she will make it her policy to annually review funding levels to local authorities for the provision of 30 hours free childcare until 2020.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is investing £1 billion extra every year for the early years entitlements, including over £300 million a year to increase local authorities hourly funding rates. Local authorities are required to pass the vast majority of their funding on to early years providers so that they can deliver the 30 hours of childcare for working parents and other entitlements on a sustainable and high-quality basis.</p><p>The Government’s increased level of funding is based on the “Review of Childcare Costs” which looked at both the current costs of childcare provision and the implications of future cost pressures including the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage. Recent research conducted by Frontier Economics, calculated the average hourly costs of providing childcare for three and four year olds, and the Government’s new funding rates compare very favourably to these.</p><p>We will keep under review the data underpinning the new Early Years National Funding Formula, which is used to distribute funding for the early years entitlements.</p><p>The Government is also providing guidance, tools and support for providers to help make their businesses more financially sustainable and operate efficiently.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 4200 4346 question first answered 17/07/2017 16:51:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

750773

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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, if she will make an assessment of the effect of the Government’s 30 hours free childcare policy on the financial viability of childcare providers.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is investing £1 billion extra every year for the early years entitlements, including over £300 million a year to increase local authorities hourly funding rates. Local authorities are required to pass the vast majority of their funding on to early years providers so that they can deliver the 30 hours of childcare for working parents and other entitlements on a sustainable and high-quality basis.</p><p>The Government’s increased level of funding is based on the “Review of Childcare Costs” which looked at both the current costs of childcare provision and the implications of future cost pressures including the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage. Recent research conducted by Frontier Economics, calculated the average hourly costs of providing childcare for three and four year olds, and the Government’s new funding rates compare very favourably to these.</p><p>We will keep under review the data underpinning the new Early Years National Funding Formula, which is used to distribute funding for the early years entitlements.</p><p>The Government is also providing guidance, tools and support for providers to help make their businesses more financially sustainable and operate efficiently.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 4200 4347 question first answered 17/07/2017 16:51:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

750774

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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 will be made of the effect of the cost of (a) the national minimum wage, (b) the living wage and (c) other employment costs on the level of funding required from her Department to deliver 30 hours free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is investing £1 billion extra every year for the early years entitlements, including over £300 million a year to increase local authorities hourly funding rates. Local authorities are required to pass the vast majority of their funding on to early years providers so that they can deliver the 30 hours of childcare for working parents and other entitlements on a sustainable and high-quality basis.</p><p>The Government’s increased level of funding is based on the “Review of Childcare Costs” which looked at both the current costs of childcare provision and the implications of future cost pressures including the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage. Recent research conducted by Frontier Economics, calculated the average hourly costs of providing childcare for three and four year olds, and the Government’s new funding rates compare very favourably to these.</p><p>We will keep under review the data underpinning the new Early Years National Funding Formula, which is used to distribute funding for the early years entitlements.</p><p>The Government is also providing guidance, tools and support for providers to help make their businesses more financially sustainable and operate efficiently.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 4346 4347 question first answered 17/07/2017 16:51:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

750775

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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 she has made of the effect of 30 hours free childcare places on (a) the availability of places for three and four-year-olds whose parents are not working and (b) funded two-year-old places.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure 15 hours a week of free early education for 38 weeks of the year for eligible two year olds and all three and four year olds. Statistics published in June 2017 show that in January 2017, 95% of three and four year olds and 71% of eligible two year olds were benefitting from a free place, a 3% increase from the previous year.</p><p> </p><p>We have recruited a national delivery contractor, Childcare Works, to support local authorities with their implementation and delivery of 30 hours free childcare. We are monitoring take up of the two-year-old programme and the universal entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds.</p><p> </p><p>A key part of Childcare Works’ contract is working with local authorities to ensure that take up of the early learning for two year olds programme does not decrease due to the introduction of 30 hours free childcare for working parents.</p><p> </p><p>In our 8 early implementer areas, we have not seen a negative impact on the existing entitlements.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/07/2017 16:36:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

750104

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nursery Nurses: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the average wage paid to nursery nurses in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	3757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The department does not set pay and conditions for the early years workforce, which is predominantly made up of private and voluntary sector businesses. However, the mean average salary of full-time nursery nurses employed in all state funded schools in each of the past 5 years is provided in the following table. The source of this information is the School Workforce Census which is an annual survey collected in November each year. Salaries are rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Salary</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£19,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£19,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£20,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£20,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/07/2017 10:46:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

750105

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nursery Nurses: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what qualifications are held by nursery nurses at each employment level.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	3758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>Based on the 2016 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers in England, we estimate that, excluding head teachers, senior managers and early years co-ordinators, 77% of group-based staff, 73% of nursery staff and 69% of reception staff were qualified to at least level 3. Again excluding head teachers, senior managers and early years co-ordinators, 7% of group based staff, 15% of nursery staff and 26% of reception staff were qualified to at least level 6. These figures include teaching staff, nursery nurses and other staff involved in the delivery of childcare and early years provision.’ The Survey is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2016</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/07/2017 10:42:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

750106

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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 local authorities have made representation to her Department on their ability to deliver 30 hours free childcare to all applicable children from September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	3759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The department works closely with our national delivery contractor, Childcare Works, in supporting all local authorities (LA) to ensure they are ready to deliver from September 2017. LAs who have specific needs are offered targeted support packages. Each LA has a dedicated programme adviser assigned by Childcare Works to support them in their preparations for delivery.</p><p> </p><p>We are making record investments in the government’s free childcare offer: over £1 billion more per year by 2020. This includes £300 million per year for a significant increase to the hourly rates paid for two, three and four-year-old entitlement. From April 2017, the national average funding rates also increased to £4.94 for three and four-year-olds and £5.39 for two-year-olds. We are also investing £100m in capital funding to create nearly 18,000 additional places for eligible children to help meet demand from hardworking parents. This investment will support even more providers to deliver 30 hours.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/07/2017 10:38:28 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

750107

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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 guidance her Department has given to nurseries and childcare providers on charging for (a) meals, (b) activities, (c) nappies and (d) any other items outwith the 30 free hours of childcare provided from September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	3760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The department’s revised Early Education and Childcare Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities provides clear guidance to local authorities and providers in delivering the existing free entitlements for two, three and four-year-olds and the 30 hours extended entitlement.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/596460/early_education_and_childcare_statutory_guidance_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/596460/early_education_and_childcare_statutory_guidance_2017.pdf</a>.</p><p>The guidance clearly sets out that providers can charge parents for meals, consumables (such as nappies and sun cream) and for additional activities (such as trips and yoga), as long as parents are not required to pay any fee as a condition of taking up their child’s free entitlement place. In April, the department also published Operational Guidance, providing practical examples and case studies of how the free entitlements can be delivered, including examples of charging models.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610170/Operational_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610170/Operational_guidance.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/07/2017 11:30:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin