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750576

	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	Housing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many free schools have closed, or are planning to close; and who bears the costs of any outstanding capital or revenue debts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>There are currently 346 free schools open. Since 2010, six free schools have closed and two closures are planned for summer 2017. The primary objective of the Department when making a decision to close a school is to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for pupils and to secure value for money for the taxpayer. The Department would expect the responsible body to meet any outstanding costs or debts. Where this is not possible, the Department would consider providing financial support if reasonable to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 17/07/2017 16:16:37 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

750860

	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	Warrington Collegiate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the application from Warrington Collegiate to change its name to Warrington and Vale Royal College on its merger with Mid Cheshire College has been refused; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	4358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Officials are working closely with the college ahead of its planned merger with Mid Cheshire College on 1 August 2017 to ensure that its application for change of name meets the published criteria and stands the best possible chance of being approved.</p><p>The name Warrington and Vale Royal College requires approval from both the Cabinet Office and Companies House for use of the word Royal. An earlier application made by the college in June was rejected by Cabinet Office. A second, revised, application was approved by Cabinet Office on 12 July 2017 and a formal application to the department was received on 13 July 2017.</p><p>The name still requires approval from Companies House, but there is sufficient time for this to be approved before the proposed merger date of 1 August 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 17/07/2017 16:13:24 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

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

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

750734

	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 her Department has made of the proportion of two-year olds eligible for 15-hours free childcare who are not accessing this provision by (a) ethnicity, (b) SEND, (c) geographic location, (d) gender and (e) social class.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	4170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold all of the requested information.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education in England continues to rise, reaching 71% in 2017. This has risen from 58% in 2015. The proportion of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education places by local authority is set out in Table 5LA of the Statistical First Release (SFR) Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2017 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017</a>.</p><p>The proportion of two-year-olds not benefitting from funded early education places by local authority (part c of PQ 4170 and PQ 4173) can be derived from this table. We do not hold data on the proportion of two-year-olds eligible for 15-hours free childcare who are not accessing this provision by ethnicity, SEND, gender or social class (part a, b, d and e of PQ 4170).</p><p> </p><p>Table 10LA provides the number and percentage of two-year-old children benefitting from funded early education, including settings rated requires improvement and inadequate (PQ 4172) in 2017. Ninety six percent of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education were in settings rated good or outstanding. Four per cent of two-year-olds were in settings rated requires improvement or inadequate.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of two-year-old children benefitting from funded early education at private, voluntary and independent settings with staff with qualified teacher status, early years teacher status or early years professional status working directly with two-year-olds (PQ 4171) is set out in Table 12 of the Statistical First Release, Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2016 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2016</a>.</p><p>This data was not collected in the 2017 early years census and as a result was not included in the 2017 publication.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 4171 4172 4173 question first answered 17/07/2017 16:48:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

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

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

750737

	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 number and proportion of eligible two-year olds are not benefitting from funded early education by local authorities for the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	4173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold all of the requested information.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education in England continues to rise, reaching 71% in 2017. This has risen from 58% in 2015. The proportion of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education places by local authority is set out in Table 5LA of the Statistical First Release (SFR) Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2017 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017</a>.</p><p>The proportion of two-year-olds not benefitting from funded early education places by local authority (part c of PQ 4170 and PQ 4173) can be derived from this table. We do not hold data on the proportion of two-year-olds eligible for 15-hours free childcare who are not accessing this provision by ethnicity, SEND, gender or social class (part a, b, d and e of PQ 4170).</p><p> </p><p>Table 10LA provides the number and percentage of two-year-old children benefitting from funded early education, including settings rated requires improvement and inadequate (PQ 4172) in 2017. Ninety six percent of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education were in settings rated good or outstanding. Four per cent of two-year-olds were in settings rated requires improvement or inadequate.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of two-year-old children benefitting from funded early education at private, voluntary and independent settings with staff with qualified teacher status, early years teacher status or early years professional status working directly with two-year-olds (PQ 4171) is set out in Table 12 of the Statistical First Release, Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2016 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2016</a>.</p><p>This data was not collected in the 2017 early years census and as a result was not included in the 2017 publication.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 4170 4171 4172 question first answered 17/07/2017 16:48:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

750810

	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	Relationships and Sex Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department is making on developing new guidance for schools on delivering sex and relationships education.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	4399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>In accordance with the Children and Social Work Act 2017, the Secretary of State will lay regulations that will require the publication of guidance to support schools to teach high quality Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in secondary schools and Relationships Education (RE) in primary schools.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance will be developed following a thorough engagement process on the scope and content of RE and RSE, involving a wide range of interested stakeholders. The engagement process will seek evidence from schools and teachers, parents and pupils, experts in safeguarding and child wellbeing, subject experts, voluntary organisations and other interested parties, and other Government Departments and public sector bodies.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out more details about the engagement process shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/07/2017 16:22:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

750736

	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 proportion of eligible two-year olds for the 15-hours free childcare are accessing provision in settings judged by Ofsted to be requiring improvement or inadequate.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	4172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold all of the requested information.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education in England continues to rise, reaching 71% in 2017. This has risen from 58% in 2015. The proportion of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education places by local authority is set out in Table 5LA of the Statistical First Release (SFR) Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2017 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017</a>.</p><p>The proportion of two-year-olds not benefitting from funded early education places by local authority (part c of PQ 4170 and PQ 4173) can be derived from this table. We do not hold data on the proportion of two-year-olds eligible for 15-hours free childcare who are not accessing this provision by ethnicity, SEND, gender or social class (part a, b, d and e of PQ 4170).</p><p> </p><p>Table 10LA provides the number and percentage of two-year-old children benefitting from funded early education, including settings rated requires improvement and inadequate (PQ 4172) in 2017. Ninety six percent of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education were in settings rated good or outstanding. Four per cent of two-year-olds were in settings rated requires improvement or inadequate.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of two-year-old children benefitting from funded early education at private, voluntary and independent settings with staff with qualified teacher status, early years teacher status or early years professional status working directly with two-year-olds (PQ 4171) is set out in Table 12 of the Statistical First Release, Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2016 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2016</a>.</p><p>This data was not collected in the 2017 early years census and as a result was not included in the 2017 publication.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 4170 4171 4173 question first answered 17/07/2017 16:48:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell