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349888

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date	11/06/2015
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 it is her policy that families with parents in full-time further education will be eligible for 30 hours a week free childcare under the Government's new childcare proposals.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	2129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The additional hours will be available to families where both parents are working, or the sole parent is working in a lone parent family. Further information on the detail of which parents will qualify will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Parents who are in full time education are already able to access help with the costs of childcare. Full-time higher education students with children can apply for a Childcare Grant of:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>up to £150.23 a week for 1 child;</p></li><li><p>up to £257.55 a week for 2 or more children.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The grant helps with childcare costs for children under-15, or under-17 if they have special educational needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Parents must be eligible for student finance to apply for a Childcare Grant. More information on the Childcare Grant can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/childcare-grant/overview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/childcare-grant/overview</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 17/06/2015 14:05:21 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

349889

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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 estimate she has made of the potential cost of the introduction of 30 hours a week free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	2132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>As I announced on Monday 15 June 2015, the department will be conducting a review of the cost of providing childcare. This will inform the cost of the new childcare entitlement of 30 hours for working families, which will be considered as part of the Budget and Spending Review process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 17/06/2015 14:16:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

349890

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to include provisions in the Childcare Bill for extra funding for children currently in receipt of disability living allowance for children or enhanced child tax credits as a consequence of a disability.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	2133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The government is absolutely committed to supporting families with disabled children.</p><p> </p><p>We want every eligible parent that wants to take advantage of the new entitlement to be able to. That includes parents of children with disabilities, and therefore we will of course consider issues of funding and accessibility for those children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The first part of this is our cross-government review of the cost of providing childcare, which will include a consideration of the costs for children with additional needs. A call for evidence to inform the review was launched on 15 June and will close on 10 August 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The call for evidence is available here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cost-of-providing-childcare-review-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cost-of-providing-childcare-review-call-for-evidence</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 17/06/2015 14:13:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

349891

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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 eligibility provisions she plans to propose for children of families in which parents live apart or with different legal partners to be entitled to 30 hours a week free childcare under the Government's childcare proposals.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	2134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The additional hours will be available to families where both parents are working or the sole parent is working in a lone parent family. More detail will be available in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 17/06/2015 14:11:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

349892

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the role employers play in the delivery of tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	2144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>Details about the role for employers in delivering Tax-Free Childcare can be found in Chapter 4 of ‘Delivering Tax-Free Childcare: the Government’s response to the consultation on design and operation’:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318953/PU1607_Tax_free_Childcare_response.pdf</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/06/2015 14:20:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

349893

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment she has made of the financial position of (a) EDF Energy and (b) Areva in relation to their potential contribution to the construction and running of the planned nuclear power plant at Hinkley C.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	2130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Whilst this is a commercial matter for the companies we continue to monitor the situation. We remain confident in the Hinkley Point C project – EDF plans for the power station to start producing low-carbon electricity from 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/06/2015 13:13:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

349894

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Regulations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether independent oversight is in place to assure the day-to-day standard of work undertaken by approved inspectors of the compliance of new homes with building regulations.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	2160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>CICAIR Limited, the body designated to carry out the Secretary of State's executive and administrative functions in respect of approved inspectors, assesses the qualifications and experience of bodies applying to be approved inspectors and when re-approvals are made. It also carries out periodic audits of the general performance of approved inspectors. CICAIR also has processes in place to deal with complaints made against approved inspectors relating to performance on a particular job.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 16/06/2015 15:57:18 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

349895

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Regulations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many cases have been brought under section 35 of the Building Act 1984 in cases where new build homes contravene building regulations in the last 10 years; and how many such cases have resulted in the imposition of fines.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	2208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 16/06/2015 15:54:02 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

349896

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Regulations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities delegate in full the function of ensuring building regulation compliance to approved inspectors who are approved and monitored by the Construction Industry Council.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	2209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities are required under section 91 of the Building Act 1984 to provide a building control service in their own name. It is permissible for a local authority to sub-contract some aspects of provision of the service to outside bodies but not to delegate responsibility to provide a full service.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 16/06/2015 15:55:02 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

349897

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Regulations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps are in place to enable new home purchasers to see the detailed records made by approved inspectors responsible for ensuring technical building regulation standards are met during the construction of a new home.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	2217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Where an approved inspector is the building control body it is required to send certain notices to the relant local authority. The local authority must keep these on a public reguister so they will be available to new home purchasers. However, there are no requirements for approved inspectors to make publicly available all the records of their checking activities.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 16/06/2015 15:56:10 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller