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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

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

636182

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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 often she plans to review the per hour funding allocated to providers as part of the 30 hours free childcare entitlement.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	52741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government committed, following the 2015 Spending Review, to invest £1 billion of additional funding per year in the early years free entitlements, including £300 million per year to increase national average funding rates. The hourly funding rate for each local authority to deliver 30 hours of childcare will be decided by the final early years national funding formula. The hourly funding rate for individual childcare providers will then be set annually by each local authority, following consultation with providers in their area.</p><p> </p><p>The department is developing plans to monitor the implementation of 30 hours of childcare once it is in ‘steady state’ following the full rollout of the scheme from September 2017. We have been clear that getting the funding right is critical to successful delivery of this new entitlement.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/11/2016 16:26:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

636183

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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 children are receiving 30 hours of free childcare under the pilot of that policy.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	52742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>8 local authorities started delivering the 30 hours childcare entitlement in September 2016, providing invaluable learning ahead of full rollout in September 2017. Over 3,600 children have already accessed an extended entitlement place and we expect this to rise to around 5,000 children over the course of the pilot.</p><p>The Department has since commissioned an independent evaluation of early implementation of the extended entitlement. This evaluation will focus on generating learning that can be used by Early Implementers and all local authorities ahead of national rollout.</p><p>Learning from the early implementers will be shared throughout the year. There will be a national findings event in the spring next year, and a formal evaluation report will be published next summer.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 52743 question first answered 22/11/2016 16:04:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

636184

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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 pilot of the 30 hours free childcare entitlement.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	52743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>8 local authorities started delivering the 30 hours childcare entitlement in September 2016, providing invaluable learning ahead of full rollout in September 2017. Over 3,600 children have already accessed an extended entitlement place and we expect this to rise to around 5,000 children over the course of the pilot.</p><p>The Department has since commissioned an independent evaluation of early implementation of the extended entitlement. This evaluation will focus on generating learning that can be used by Early Implementers and all local authorities ahead of national rollout.</p><p>Learning from the early implementers will be shared throughout the year. There will be a national findings event in the spring next year, and a formal evaluation report will be published next summer.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 52742 question first answered 22/11/2016 16:04:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

636188

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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 per head (a) was allocated for childcare in each constituency in the financial year 2010-11 and (b) is expected to be allocated for childcare in each constituency in the financial year 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	52870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>Funding for the free early years entitlements is allocated on a local authority basis. Prior to 2013-14, local authority funding allocations for early years were not separately identified within the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). Instead, they were part of the total DSG allocated to each local authority. Early years allocations for 2010-11 are not therefore available.</p><p>The new funding rates under our proposed early years national funding formula from 2017-18, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/early-years-funding-changes-to-funding-for-3-and-4-year-olds" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/early-years-funding-changes-to-funding-for-3-and-4-year-olds</a></p><p>The consultation on these new rates has now closed and the Government is preparing its response.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/11/2016 14:58:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

631814

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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, if she will publish the contract she has signed with Childcare Works to ensure that local authorities and childcare providers are ready for the roll-out of the 30 hour free childcare entitlement.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	52478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>It is central government practice to publish all contracts on GOV.UK. I intend to publish the contract for Childcare Works in due course at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">ttps://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/12/2016 13:00:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

631815

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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 timescale she has set for the publication of the independent evaluation into the early implementation phase of the 30 hour free childcare entitlement.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	52479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The independent evaluation of the early implementation of 30 hours free childcare will generate learning for use by all areas ahead of national rollout in September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Childcare Works, a new £3m delivery contractor contracted by the Department to provide tailored support to councils, is delivering a series of engagement events with local authorities and providers throughout the autumn. These events will be used to disseminate the early learning we have gathered from the eight Early Implementer local authorities. Learning will continue to be captured throughout the year and shared regularly to ensure that it informs all areas’ delivery planning.</p><p> </p><p>There will be a national findings event in the spring next year, and a formal evaluation report will be published next summer.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/11/2016 08:48:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

631818

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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 her Department is making available through the capital grants fund to support the delivery of the 30 hour free childcare entitlement.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	52463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education has recently made £40m available through the Early Years Capital Fund. This was a bid round committed to creating new 30 hours places and was open to local authorities working in partnership with providers in their area (this may include providers that currently offer, or plan to offer, provision for 3 and 4-year olds). This one off bidding round closed at the end of August 2016 and we intend to publish outcomes in December 2016.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our conditions, we expect those successful capital projects to be complete by August 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/11/2016 08:45:07 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

631819

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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 her Department has taken to assess the potential cost to local authorities of implementing new IT systems to enable the move to the monthly payment system proposed in the Government's publication, 30 hour free childcare entitlement: delivery model, Government consultation response.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	52453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education is committed to ensuring that we do not add unnecessary workload and cost to local authorities and has committed to undertake a new burdens assessment for the extended entitlement, to which we will respond accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>The department is working with an expert group of local authorities and early years providers, including childminder representatives and early years organisations, who are advising on technical aspects of local authorities introducing monthly payment systems. The department is also looking at how we can support local authorities to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>The department is clear, however, that existing payment arrangements may already meet providers’ needs and we expect local authorities to work in partnership with early years providers to determine and operate the payment process that reflect their specific local requirements and provider circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/11/2016 15:14:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq