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751747

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many council-maintained nursery places for three and four-year-olds there have been in the London Borough of Southwark in each of the last seven years; and how many local authority maintained nursery places will be available for three and four-year-olds in the London Borough of Southwark under her Department's new early years national funding formula in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	4859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The department does not hold data on the number of council-maintained nursery places for three and four-year-olds there have been in the London Borough of Southwark in each of the last seven years.</p><p>The department does have data showing the number of three and four-year-olds in Southwark taking up their entitlement to funded early learning in a nursery as recorded in January 2017 is available in table 2LA in the main tables at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017</em></a><em>. </em></p><p>The data from 2010 to 2016 can be found in the Provision for children under 5 years of age in England tables at<em>: </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-childcare-and-early-years" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-childcare-and-early-years</em></a>.</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to provide the required number of places to meet parental demand for the free entitlements for two, three and four-year-olds. Local authorities will be working with providers to ensure that there are enough places to meet parental demand in the next three years.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/07/2017 16:21:35 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

751749

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many maintained nursery schools there were in (a) 2010 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Table 2a of “Schools, Pupils and Their Characteristics January 2017” sets out the number of maintained nursery schools in each year from 2003 to 2017. 2017 is the most recent period for which figures are available:</p><p> </p><p>These figures are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/07/2017 16:23:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

751751

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Mental Illness
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 introduce data collection that would allow people undertaking apprenticeships to declare a mental health problem.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	4941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The department collects data that allows people undertaking apprenticeships to declare a mental health problem through the Individualised Learner Record.</p><p>We will be conducting a survey in early 2018 with 15,000 people currently undertaking further education or an apprenticeship, which will ask whether they have a physical or mental health condition.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 18/07/2017 09:15:14 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

751762

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of her Department's budget for 16-to-19 education was not spent on education for that age group in each of the (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	4978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Budgets for 16 to 19-year-old education are set on the basis of the established 16 to 19 funding rates and formula, using estimates of student numbers.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014-15 and 2015-16, student numbers and associated costs were lower than these estimates, which resulted in lower spending than the forecast, by £135m and £132m respectively, representing 2.2% of the budget.</p><p> </p><p>Final expenditure is not yet available for 2016-17 and will be published in the Education and Skills Funding Agency accounts shortly.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 18/07/2017 09:19:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

751763

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) current annual budget is of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education and (b) the anticipated budget for the 2018-19 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	4907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The budget for the Institute for Apprenticeships for 2017-18 is £9,656,000. The department has yet to agree a budget for the Institute for 2018-19 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The Institute employs 87.5 full-time equivalent permanent staff.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 4908 question first answered 18/07/2017 09:17:16 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

751764

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many permanent staff are employed by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	4908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The budget for the Institute for Apprenticeships for 2017-18 is £9,656,000. The department has yet to agree a budget for the Institute for 2018-19 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The Institute employs 87.5 full-time equivalent permanent staff.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 4907 question first answered 18/07/2017 09:17:17 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

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

751282

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	Schools: Coventry South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much core revenue funding (a) Willenhall Community Primary School, (b) Stretton CE Primary School and (c) Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College in Coventry South constituency received for (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18; and how much funding each of those schools is planned to receive for (A) 2019-20 and (B) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	4518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department primarily allocates revenue funding at local authority level.</p><p> </p><p>The schools block allocation for individual schools for the 2016-17 financial year are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>School</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Willenhall Community Primary School</p></td><td><p>£1,821,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stretton CE Primary School</p></td><td><p>£956,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College</p></td><td><p>£5,962,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Individual school allocations for 2017-18 will be published later this year. The formulae that local authorities have used to distribute funding to schools this year are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-block-funding-formulae-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-block-funding-formulae-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We recently consulted on a national funding formula for schools. We believe that the current funding arrangements are unfair and we remain committed to changing them.</p><p>We received over 25,000 responses to the consultation. We are grateful to all those who expressed their views on school funding and the proposed formula as part of this process. We will publish the response to the consultation in due course. Until then, we are unable to confirm the funding each school will receive in future years.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/07/2017 16:41:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

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

751290

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	Social Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make a statement in response to the report of the Social Mobility Commission, Social mobility between 1997 and 2017: time for change, published on 28 June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	4493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We welcome the Commission’s report, published on 28 June, which considers efforts to improve social mobility over the last twenty years. The Commission rightly concludes that too often life chances can be determined not by effort and talents but where you come from, your parents’ situation and what school you attend. The Department will set out further details on policy to tackle this social injustice in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks to the Government’s reforms, there are 1.8 million more pupils in good or outstanding schools than in 2010, and we are delivering three million apprenticeship places, opening up access to our higher education system and investing £500 million a year into technical education.</p><p> </p><p>Improving social mobility requires support from all parts of society: government, employers and civic organisations. Last year, we launched our £72 million Opportunity Area programme. In these 12 social mobility ‘coldspots’ we are working with a range of local partners to break the link between background and destination. We know these areas face some of the most entrenched challenges, as described by the Social Mobility Commission’s Index last year. Our approach here goes beyond what the Department and central government can do – extending to local authorities, schools, academy sponsors, local and national businesses, Local Enterprise Partnerships, FE colleges, universities, the voluntary sector, and more.</p><p> </p><p>I spoke at a Westminster Hall Debate about government policies on social mobility and the Commission’s ‘Time for Change’ report on 11 July. The debate and my speech are available in Hansard at this weblink: <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-07-11/debates/D9AB2665-13E3-4AE4-90CD-528E30853ED0/SocialMobility" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-07-11/debates/D9AB2665-13E3-4AE4-90CD-528E30853ED0/SocialMobility</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/07/2017 16:54:19 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner