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date	26/10/2016
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, if her Department will publish the data that it is using to measure the effect of the free childcare entitlement on disadvantaged children.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	50568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department annually publishes data on the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) assessment which measures a child’s development at age 5.</p><p> </p><p>The recently published 2015/16 results show that the proportion of all children achieving a ‘good level of development’ is improving year on year – in 2016 69.3% achieved a good level of development compared to 66.3% in 2015 and 60.4% in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will publish further data tables on the EYFSP results by children’s characteristics, including for those children with free school meal eligibility, on 24 November 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Last year’s results showed that the gap between disadvantaged children and their peers had narrowed – 51% of children eligible for free school meals achieved a ‘good level of development’ in 2015 compared to 45% in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/11/2016 17:15:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

622045

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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 has taken to ensure that local authorities are aware of their statutory duty to ensure that childcare providers charge for any goods or services, this is not a condition of children accessing a free childcare place with that provider.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	50573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to ensure that providers deliver government-funded early education places free of charge, and that parents are not required to pay for additional services or consumables as a condition of accessing a place. The Government does not require local authorities to report breaches of this requirement centrally; however it has clearly set out local authorities’ responsibility for ensuring there are no compulsory charges for parents.</p><p> </p><p>The 2014 Statutory Guidance states that, in relation to delivery of the early education entitlements for two-, three- and four-year-olds, local authorities should ensure that if providers charge for any goods or services, this is not a condition of children accessing their place. The Statutory Guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298754/2014_Draft_Statutory_Guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298754/2014_Draft_Statutory_Guidance.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We reinforced this position in the consultation on reforms to Early Years Funding which was published on 11 August. This makes clear that providers are free to charge parents for consumables (such as drinks, meals and nappies) or additional services (such as baby yoga, music lessons and trips) provided they are not compulsory. ‘So, for example, paying for additional services must not be a condition of taking up a free publicly-funded place’. The consultation document is available at: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/early-years-funding/eynff" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/early-years-funding/eynff</a></p><p> </p><p>We will publish updated Statutory Guidance in early 2017, which will restate the Government position on providers charging for additional services or consumables. We have consulted on draft updated Statutory Guidance which is available at: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/early-years-funding/childcare-free-entitlement/supporting_documents/STAT%20GUIDANCE%20latest.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/early-years-funding/childcare-free-entitlement/supporting_documents/STAT%20GUIDANCE%20latest.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 50563 question first answered 01/11/2016 13:06:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

622046

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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, if she will outline the methodology for evaluating the eight pilot schemes that are assessing the capacity of childcare providers to operate under new early years' funding rates.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	50514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>As promised, in September 2016, the Government launched 30 hours free childcare through eight Early Implementers one year in advance of full implementation of the offer from September 2017. Up to 5,000 working families will benefit in our eight Early Implementers areas. The Early Implementers are testing the delivery of the 30 hours free childcare offer, and providing valuable learning by developing a number of approaches. This includes supporting the needs of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, and developing flexible models to meet the needs of working parents.</p><p> </p><p>In York, where there are no limits on the number of families who can benefit, around 83% of eligible families are already receiving 30 hours free childcare, just 6 weeks after the launch ‎of early implementation.</p><p> </p><p>The department has commissioned an independent evaluation of early implementation of the 30 hours free childcare offer. The evaluation is focusing on generating learning that can be used by Early Implementers and all local authorities ahead of national rollout in September 2017. There will be a national findings event in the spring next year, and a formal evaluation report will be published in July 2017.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 50513 question first answered 02/11/2016 17:21:17 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq