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627564

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether county councils are required to pass on to registered and approved providers 100 per cent of government funding allocated for childcare.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL2939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Funding for the early years entitlement is underpinned by the School and Early Years Finance Regulations. Local authorities receive funding from central Government to deliver the early years entitlements through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG), which also includes the budgets for schools and high needs. The current regulations do not require local authorities to pass on all early years funding to their providers. Local authorities, in consultation with their Schools Forum, are responsible for deciding how best to distribute the funding across their locality. The current regulations do allow local authorities to hold back some funding from the DSG for central services.</p><p> </p><p>However, when the two year old entitlement was introduced there was an expectation for local authorities to pass all available funding to providers for delivering two year old places.</p><p> </p><p>Under the early years funding reform proposals on which we recently consulted, there will be a requirement for local authorities to pass on at least 93% (in 2017-18) and 95% (thereafter) of their early years budget directly to providers for delivering the three and four year old entitlement. We are currently considering responses to the consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/11/2016 15:19:22 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

627565

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why North Yorkshire County Council receives the sixth lowest allowance for childcare providers amongst 160 county councils; and what plans there are to develop a "more level playing field" for providers as set out in the Department for Education consultation <i>Early years funding: changes to funding for 3 and 4 year olds</i>.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL2940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>This Government is investing £1 billion of additional funding per year in the early years free entitlements, including £300 million per year to increase the national average funding rate. We are determined to allocate this record investment fairly and transparently and that is why we have consulted on an Early Years National Funding Formula, which will determine the funding rates of all local authorities, including North Yorkshire. This consultation has now closed and we will respond in the Autumn.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation included a proposal to require all local authorities to use a universal base rate for all providers from 2019-20 at the latest. This approach will ensure that no child is disadvantaged, in terms of the funding available to support their early education, by the type of childcare setting which they attend.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/11/2016 12:36:45 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

627566

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what additional funding they plan to provide to compensate childcare providers for increased costs as a result of proposed increases in training requirements applicable to childcare providers and in the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL2941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>This Government is investing £1 billion of additional funding per year in the early years free entitlements, including £300 million per year to increase the national average funding rate. This record level of investment was based on a rich source of evidence – the ‘Review of Childcare Costs’ which looked at both the current costs of childcare provision and the implications of future cost pressures facing the sector (including the National Living Wage). Copies of the Analytical Report and the Executive Summary are attached.</p><p>We are determined that the maximum amount of this record level of investment reaches childcare providers. That is why, as part of our recent consultation ‘Early years funding: changes to funding for 3- and 4-year-olds’, we proposed that local authorities pass through 95% of their allocated funding to the frontline. Providers will then have the funding and increased choice in how to invest in the quality of their offer, including how to invest in their workforce.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash attachment 1 file name Review of childcare costs - the analytical report.pdf title Analytical report of the review of childcare costs 2 file name Review of childcare costs - Exec Summary of analytical report.pdf title Executive summary of the review of childcare costs question first answered 14/11/2016 11:28:29 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

627567

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, should childcare providers be unable to meet the costs of providing the 30 hours free OFSTED-approved childcare service from September 2017, what plans there are to ensure that alternative services are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL2942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is making a record-level of investment in early years to ensure that childcare providers receive sufficient funding to deliver the 30-hour entitlement. This includes increasing spending on the free entitlements by over £1 billion per year by 2019-20 and providing £300 million per year from 2017-18 for a significant increase to the rate paid for the two, three- and four-year-old entitlements.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that the childcare market will respond to meet the additional demand for places generated by the extension of the free entitlement. The market has already demonstrated that it is able to respond through the roll-out of the entitlement for disadvantaged two-year-olds introduced in the last Parliament. In January 2016, over 166,000 two-year-olds benefitted from the funded early education, with over 20,000 providers delivering it.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/11/2016 15:23:08 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

622032

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 recent evaluation she has made of the capacity of childcare providers to provide 30 hours of free childcare from the eight pilot schemes that are piloting the new childcare entitlement; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	50513
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 50514 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

622033

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 proportion of funding from her Department for free childcare is retained by each local authority for central services.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	50597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Data from local authority planned spend for 2016-17 is publically available and includes their planned central expenditure for central services and contingency. The data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure-2016-to-2017-financial-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure-2016-to-2017-financial-year</a></p><p> </p><p>This data is as reported by the local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/11/2016 13:03:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

622034

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 mechanisms her Department has for ensuring that local authorities manage their childcare funding effectively.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	50574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>We are currently considering all responses to our recent consultation on proposals for a national funding formula for the early years. These proposals will ensure that funding for the early years is based on the costs of meeting the needs of local children, not on historic spending patterns.</p><p> </p><p>As we implement our proposals, which will be set out in the government’s response to the consultation in the autumn, we will closely monitor and review the impact to ensure that local authorities and providers are able to deliver the childcare entitlements in a sustainable way.</p><p> </p><p>We have also recently appointed Childcare Works as a delivery contractor to work with, and to monitor, local authorities on their preparedness for delivery of the 30-hours offer of free childcare for working parents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/11/2016 15:40:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

622035

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, how many childcare providers have breached her Department's statutory guidance issued in September 2014 that states that providers which charge for goods or services do not make this a condition of children accessing their place.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	50563
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 50573 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

622036

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 all local authorities are aware of their duty to clarify the complaints procedure for parents in relation to their entitlement to free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	50564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education is already clear in statutory guidance that local authorities should have a complaints procedure for parents who are not satisfied that their child has received their early education place, or are unhappy with any aspect of the way in which they have received it, and should publicise this to parents. This is set out at C.7 in Statutory Guidance, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/351592/early_education_and_childcare_statutory_guidance_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/351592/early_education_and_childcare_statutory_guidance_2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department will also include this in the model agreement and the parental declaration template, annexed to the model agreement, which will be published later in the year. The new model agreement and parental declaration template will set out the Department’s expectations on what should be included in agreements between local authorities and childcare providers for delivery of the free early education entitlements for two-, three- and four-year-olds, in order to bring more consistent practice across different local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/11/2016 13:04:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

622038

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 the cost to her Department was of commissioning Frontier Economics to develop a framework for measuring the impact of the new entitlement for free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	50566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department has demonstrated its commitment to evaluating the longer-term impact of the free entitlement, by publishing an evaluation feasibility study in February 2016, and gaining independent advice on the data and methods open to us. Frontier Economics was commissioned by the Department to undertake this work at a cost of £14,850 (exclusive of tax).</p><p> </p><p>We have since commissioned an independent evaluation of Early Implementation of the 30 hours free childcare entitlement. This evaluation will focus on generating learning that can be used by Early Implementers and all local authorities ahead of national rollout in September 2017. It will be carried out by Frontier Economics working with NatCen Social Research and Ivana La Valle (an independent researcher).</p><p> </p><p>We will use the learning from the early implementers to continue to inform the full-roll out of the entitlement.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/11/2016 15:40:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq