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1082361

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date	05/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce the successful applicants for Wave 13 of the Free School programme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	228763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Successful applications for wave 13 of the free schools programme will be announced in spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/03/2019 14:10:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1082390

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when a review of the operation of section 5C (Children's centres: advisory boards) Childcare Act 2006 was last undertaken; and if he will publish good practice on the operation of Advisory Boards.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	228782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The department published statutory guidance in April 2013 that sets out clearly what local authorities must do to meet the legal requirements in section 5 of the Childcare Act (2006), which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sure-start-childrens-centres" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sure-start-childrens-centres</a>. This includes guidance on advisory boards and facilitating access to services for young children and their families. It is up to local authorities to decide exactly how to meet these legal requirements depending on local circumstances.</p><p>The department is engaging with the sector to find out ‘what works’ and to support local areas to make the right decisions for their communities. We are investing £8.5 million in a local government programme to spread good practice, grow the evidence base and help councils looking to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children and their peers. Good practice from this programme will include, but not be limited to, how children’s centres are being used to deliver effective integrated early childhood services.</p><p>We will be spending around £6 billion a year on childcare support in 2019-20 – a record amount. This includes funding for our free early education entitlements, on which we plan to spend around £3.5 billion this year alone.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 228783 question first answered 11/03/2019 14:16:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1082392

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sure Start Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to ensure that children in their first 1001 days have access to Sure Start services.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	228783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The department published statutory guidance in April 2013 that sets out clearly what local authorities must do to meet the legal requirements in section 5 of the Childcare Act (2006), which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sure-start-childrens-centres" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sure-start-childrens-centres</a>. This includes guidance on advisory boards and facilitating access to services for young children and their families. It is up to local authorities to decide exactly how to meet these legal requirements depending on local circumstances.</p><p>The department is engaging with the sector to find out ‘what works’ and to support local areas to make the right decisions for their communities. We are investing £8.5 million in a local government programme to spread good practice, grow the evidence base and help councils looking to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children and their peers. Good practice from this programme will include, but not be limited to, how children’s centres are being used to deliver effective integrated early childhood services.</p><p>We will be spending around £6 billion a year on childcare support in 2019-20 – a record amount. This includes funding for our free early education entitlements, on which we plan to spend around £3.5 billion this year alone.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 228782 question first answered 11/03/2019 14:16:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1078465

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies Enterprise Trust: Finance
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 6 February 2019 to Question 217588, Academies Enterprise Trust: Finance, how much of the £4.5 million provided to date is non-recoverable; and how much of the £3.06 million used for redundancies is non-recoverable.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	226671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>£1.2 million of the £4.5 million provided to the Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) was provided as non-recoverable deficit funding. £646,443 of the £3.06 million earmarked for restructuring costs, which will include redundancy payments, was provided as non-recoverable deficit funding. The non-recoverable deficit funding provided has helped stabilise AET’s finances and support its long-term viability. AET is the largest multi-academy trust in the country responsible for over 60 academies and over 33,000 pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/03/2019 17:53:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 105340 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1077678

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Early Years Ministerial Group On Family Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions the ministerial group on family support has met since its inception on 27 July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	226113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Members of the Ministerial Group have met informally to discuss the work of the group and to hear from experts and the Chair also meets with members of the group individually. The Group has met twice formally since its inception in July 2018, once in November 2018 and once in February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministerial Group Chair is supported by a private secretary who has portfolio responsibility from within the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons. The secretariat function for the Early Years Family Support Ministerial Group is provided by the Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat in the Cabinet Office. The group draws on resources from HM Treasury, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, Department for Health and Social Care, the Ministry of Housing, Communications, and Local Government, and Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/03/2019 10:36:58 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1077685

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Early Years Ministerial Group On Family Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials are assigned to work on the Ministerial Group on family support for conception to age two from the (a) Office of the Leader of the House of Commons, (b) HM Treasury, (c) Department for Work and Pensions, (d) Department for Education, (e) Department of Health and Social Care and (f) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	226114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Members of the Ministerial Group have met informally to discuss the work of the group and to hear from experts and the Chair also meets with members of the group individually. The Group has met twice formally since its inception in July 2018, once in November 2018 and once in February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministerial Group Chair is supported by a private secretary who has portfolio responsibility from within the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons. The secretariat function for the Early Years Family Support Ministerial Group is provided by the Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat in the Cabinet Office. The group draws on resources from HM Treasury, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, Department for Health and Social Care, the Ministry of Housing, Communications, and Local Government, and Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/03/2019 10:37:19 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1077367

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
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 and what proportion of two-year-olds eligible for 15 hours of funded early education attend a maintained nursery school.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	225517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The number and proportion of 2 year olds benefitting from funded early education attending a maintained nursery school is published in Table 1 of the ‘Education provision: children under 5 years of age’ statistical release available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/02/2019 17:27:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell