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638654

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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 much funding was provided from the public purse for early years (a) childcare, (b) children's centres, (c) nurseries and (d) other provisions in Bristol West constituency in 2015-16; how much such funding is allocated for (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18; and what estimate her Department has made of how many full-time equivalent places such funding supports.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	53754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>Funding for the free early years entitlements is allocated on a local authority basis through the Dedicated Schools Grant. This funding covers childcare, nurseries and other early years provisions, including childcare via children’s centres. Local authorities have the freedom to determine how to fund other services delivered via their networks of children’s centres, including via the Business Rate Retention Scheme. Local authorities have the freedom to decide what children’s centre services are appropriate to meet local needs and statutory duties.</p><p>In 2015-16, the City of Bristol received £29.16m from central government for the early years entitlements (three- and four-year olds and two-year olds but not including the Early Years Pupil Premium). This funding supported 5,161 full-time equivalent places.</p><p>In 2016-17, the City of Bristol received a provisional £28.71m from central government for the early years entitlements (three- and four-year olds and two-year olds but not including the EYPP). This funding supported a provisional 5,082 full-time equivalent places.</p><p>The Government consulted earlier this year on proposals to ensure that early years funding is allocated efficiently and fairly across the country from 2017-18. Under such proposals the City of Bristol would have been allocated a provisional £32.56m from central government for the early years entitlements (three- and four-year olds including 30 hours childcare for working parents; two-year olds; and supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools). This funding would have supported a provisional 5,666 full-time equivalent places.</p><p>Government will announce a response to the consultation shortly, including 2017-18 funding for the City of Bristol.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/11/2016 16:58:41 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

638655

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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 relationship between employees' working hours and the cost associated with childcare.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	53745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government wants to help more parents into work and support hard-working parents with the cost of childcare.</p><p>We have introduced Universal Credit, the Government’s flagship welfare reform, which meets up to 85 per cent of childcare costs for those in work.</p><p>We are extending the childcare entitlement to 30 hours per week for three- and four- year olds from working families from September 2017. Providers can offer all of the entitlements between 6am and 8pm, supporting parents who work non-standard hours.</p><p>We are implementing Tax-free Childcare from 2017, which will help with the cost of childcare – it is worth up to £2,000 per child per year, and up to £4,000 for disabled children.</p><p>Total Government spending – including the early years entitlements, Tax-Free Childcare and Universal Credit – will increase from £5bn in 2015-16 to over £6bn by 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/11/2016 16:59:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

638348

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
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 providers are involved in the trial of 30 hours of free childcare.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	53613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>York is delivering to all eligible children as part of Early Implementation of the 30 Hours Free Childcare entitlement. Currently, 197 out of 229 (86%) of York’s providers are signed up to deliver the extended entitlement, and this figure continues to increase.</p><p> </p><p>The remaining Early Implementer local authorities were allocated a limited number of places (around 415 each) and those areas report that providers are engaging positively with the programme.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/11/2016 14:11:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

637041

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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 mechanism her Department uses to monitor the number of reportable incidents recorded in (a) nurseries and (b) other non-domestic childcare settings across local authorities in England.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	53115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not monitor the number of nursery workers referred to local authorities or the number of incidents. Ofsted considers notifications of serious incidents to determine whether or not the provider remains suitable for registration but it does not aggregate the total number of incidents.</p><p> </p><p>All nurseries and pre-schools have a responsibility to keep children safe. Ofsted is responsible for ensuring that the safeguarding requirements set out in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework are adhered to by early years providers across England. If providers have concerns about children’s safety or welfare they must notify agencies with statutory responsibility without delay. It is a requirement for an employee in each setting to be trained in paediatric first aid. We are due to publish a revised EYFS in 2017, which will strengthen existing paediatric first aid requirements. Anyone who has any concerns should report them immediately to Ofsted. The EYFS is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 53139 question first answered 22/11/2016 16:26:33 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

637055

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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 Ofsted-registered childcare providers have been inspected by Ofsted in the last (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	53024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The quality ratings for childcare providers continue to rise and the latest figures show that 91% of providers on the Early Years Register achieved a “good” or “outstanding” rating as at 31 August 2016 – the highest proportion ever.</p><p>Ofsted is the non-ministerial government department responsible for the regulation of childcare providers and publishes a regular series of statistics on provider numbers and inspection outcomes on their website, including those specifically requested in this question. These can be viewed from the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-and-childcare-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-and-childcare-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 53025 53028 question first answered 18/11/2016 11:28:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

637056

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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 Ofsted-registered childcare providers there were in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	53025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The quality ratings for childcare providers continue to rise and the latest figures show that 91% of providers on the Early Years Register achieved a “good” or “outstanding” rating as at 31 August 2016 – the highest proportion ever.</p><p>Ofsted is the non-ministerial government department responsible for the regulation of childcare providers and publishes a regular series of statistics on provider numbers and inspection outcomes on their website, including those specifically requested in this question. These can be viewed from the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-and-childcare-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-and-childcare-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 53024 53028 question first answered 18/11/2016 11:28:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

637057

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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 inspections have been carried out by Ofsted arising from information given to Ofsted by managers of childcare providers in each year since 2010; and how many providers have lost their registration as a result of inspections arising from such information.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	53027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted is the non-ministerial government department responsible for the regulation of childcare providers in England. Ofsted is responsible for considering and responding to information notified to them by providers and for taking subsequent enforcement action where appropriate. We have informed Ofsted of this question and Her Majesty's Chief Inspector will be writing to the hon. Member in response. A copy of that letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/11/2016 11:27:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

637058

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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 Ofsted-registered childcare providers were rated (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) satisfactory and (d) inadequate in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	53028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The quality ratings for childcare providers continue to rise and the latest figures show that 91% of providers on the Early Years Register achieved a “good” or “outstanding” rating as at 31 August 2016 – the highest proportion ever.</p><p>Ofsted is the non-ministerial government department responsible for the regulation of childcare providers and publishes a regular series of statistics on provider numbers and inspection outcomes on their website, including those specifically requested in this question. These can be viewed from the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-and-childcare-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-and-childcare-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 53024 53025 question first answered 18/11/2016 11:28:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

637059

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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 additional support will be available for providers who are negatively financially impacted as a result of the introduction of 30 hours of free childcare policy.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	52964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to extending the entitlement to childcare from 15 to 30 hours a week for working parents of three- and four-year-olds. We are clear that we need to get the funding right to ensure that providers are funded on a fair and sustainable basis. We will be investing over £1billion more per year by 2019-20 to fund our commitments on the early years entitlements – this includes £300 million per year from 2017-18 for a significant increase to the hourly rate paid for the two-, three- and four-year-old entitlements.</p><p> </p><p>Our recent consultation set out proposals to allocate our record level of funding fairly and transparently, with the maximum amount reaching providers. We will publish our response shortly.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/11/2016 16:07:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

637060

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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 steps she is taking to ensure that providers receive the adequate level of funding to deliver the 30 hours of free childcare policy.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	52965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government will be investing over £1billion more per year by 2019-20 to fund our commitments on the early years entitlements – this includes £300 million per year from 2017-18 for a significant increase to the hourly rate paid for the two-, three- and four-year-old entitlements.</p><p> </p><p>It is vital that funding for these entitlements is fairly distributed between different parts of the country and different types of providers, so that they can deliver both the existing 15-hour entitlement and the extended 30-hour entitlement for working parents, on a sustainable basis.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we have recently consulted on our proposals for a national funding formula for the early years. Under our proposals, 75% of local authorities would have higher funding rates, and providers in the vast majority of local authorities can expect to gain funding, as maximum funding is passed through to the frontline. We are currently considering all responses to the consultation, and are planning to publish the government’s response shortly.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/11/2016 16:13:53 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson