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724555

registered interest
date	26/04/2017
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 families in Bolsover constituency are in receipt of 15-hours a week of free childcare for three and four-year olds.
tabling member constituency	Bolsover
tabling member printed	Mr Dennis Skinner
uin	72011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
tabling member	325 label Biography information for Mr Dennis Skinner

717788

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the increased number of childcare staff that will be required for the implementation of the 30 hours free childcare a week for three- and four-year-olds from September.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL6597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The number of places, and therefore staff, required to deliver 30 hours will depend on a variety of factors, including existing take up of additional childcare outside the current free entitlement. Many working families with three-and four-year olds already use more than 15 hours of childcare so many of the required childcare places already exist. There is also existing spare capacity in the system to help deliver the new entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities continue to be required to secure sufficient childcare, and therefore staff to fulfil those places in line with ratio requirements, as far as is reasonably practicable, for working parents or parents who are studying or training for employment, for children aged 0-14 (or up to 18 for disabled children).</p><p> </p><p>In March, the Department published an early years workforce strategy, which set out a number of measures to support the sector to recruit, retain and develop staff. This included announcing that to support recruitment, from 3 April 2017 the English and maths qualification requirements for level 3 Early Years Educators would be broadened out to include other suitable level 2 qualifications, including functional skills.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to support growth and the creation of new places to deliver the 30 hours funded entitlement. In 2016, we ran a £50 million early years capital bid round, for which local authorities, in partnership with providers, were invited to submit bids. This investment will create almost 9,000 additional places for eligible children to help meet demand. We are now going even further, making additional investment through the same capital bid round that will support even more providers to deliver 30 hours.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL6598 question first answered 19/04/2017 13:49:04 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

717789

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for increasing the number of childcare staff by September to meet additional demand resulting from the implementation of the 30 hours free childcare a week for three- and four-year-olds.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL6598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The number of places, and therefore staff, required to deliver 30 hours will depend on a variety of factors, including existing take up of additional childcare outside the current free entitlement. Many working families with three-and four-year olds already use more than 15 hours of childcare so many of the required childcare places already exist. There is also existing spare capacity in the system to help deliver the new entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities continue to be required to secure sufficient childcare, and therefore staff to fulfil those places in line with ratio requirements, as far as is reasonably practicable, for working parents or parents who are studying or training for employment, for children aged 0-14 (or up to 18 for disabled children).</p><p> </p><p>In March, the Department published an early years workforce strategy, which set out a number of measures to support the sector to recruit, retain and develop staff. This included announcing that to support recruitment, from 3 April 2017 the English and maths qualification requirements for level 3 Early Years Educators would be broadened out to include other suitable level 2 qualifications, including functional skills.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to support growth and the creation of new places to deliver the 30 hours funded entitlement. In 2016, we ran a £50 million early years capital bid round, for which local authorities, in partnership with providers, were invited to submit bids. This investment will create almost 9,000 additional places for eligible children to help meet demand. We are now going even further, making additional investment through the same capital bid round that will support even more providers to deliver 30 hours.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL6597 question first answered 19/04/2017 13:49:04 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

715623

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2017 to Question 62482, on children: day care, of those children who will not be eligible for the 30 hours of free childcare, how many will not be eligible because their parents are (a) unemployed, (b) earning below the minimum requirement and (c) earning over £100,000 a year.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	69914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>As per the answer of 7 February 2017 to Question 62482, we have provisionally estimated from the Survey of Personal Incomes and the Family Resources Survey that, of those currently in receipt of the 15 hours free entitlement, approximately 520,000 will not be eligible for the additional 15 hours. The additional 15 hours is an entitlement to support parents in work. The estimated breakdown in terms of the reason for these children not being eligible is: a) 400,000 children because one or both of their parents are not in work, b) 110,000 children because one or both of their parents are earning below the minimum threshold; and c) 10,000 children because at least one of their parents is earning above the maximum threshold.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to remember that all 3- and 4-year olds are entitled to the 15 hours a week universal early education entitlement, regardless of whether their parents are in work. The most disadvantaged two year olds are also entitled to 15 hours a week of funded early education. Lower income parents who do not meet the income criteria for 30 hours may be able to claim up to 70% of their childcare costs through tax credits, or 85% of their childcare costs through the childcare element of Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/04/2017 13:40:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

714090

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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 potential merits of extending the 30 hours a week free childcare entitlement for working parents to student midwives and nurses who work in the public sector as part of their courses.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	69151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Eligibility for 30 hours for student midwives and nurses was carefully considered during the passage of the Childcare Act. As student nurses are treated as supernumerary, it follows that any time spent on placements will not count as paid work for the purposes of the extended entitlement. Student nurses will, however, be able to access a range of other support with their childcare costs including an additional payment of £1,000 each year for students with child dependents to reflect that students undertaking clinical placements may have higher childcare costs than the wider student population. More information on the range of support available can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/plans-for-changing-healthcare-education-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/plans-for-changing-healthcare-education-funding</a>)</p><p>Student parents who work in addition to their studies and meet the income requirements will be eligible for the additional hours. All student parents, (including student midwives and nurses) will also continue to benefit from the existing universal 15 hours of free early education for all three- and four-year-olds. They may also be entitled to 15 hours of free early education for two-year-old children.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/03/2017 15:49:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

711416

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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 her Department will make provision for administrative costs incurred by nurseries as a result of extending the availability of free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	68164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>We are increasing our annual investment in the free early years entitlements by £1 billion per year by 2019-20. This includes over £300 million a year for a significant increase to Government funding rates. We have also legislated to ensure that local authorities pass the vast majority of Government funding onto providers.</p><p> </p><p>This new investment is based on our ‘Review of Childcare Costs’, published in November 2015. The Review explicitly considered providers’ administrative costs and was described by the National Audit Office as “thorough and wide-ranging”.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are providing £2.15m to local authorities to improve their IT systems to allow more automation of the administrative requirements on providers.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/03/2017 16:34:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

693642

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average benefit that will accrue to families from the proposed tax-free childcare scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	65391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm the government will soon be launching Tax-Free Childcare which will allow working families to receive up to £2,000 childcare support per child, per year. The new scheme will roll out gradually following the completion of the current Trial.</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare will be rolled out to all eligible families before the end of 2017 in a safe and managed way to ensure that the system runs smoothly for parents.</p><p> </p><p>The average benefit accruing to families from the proposed Tax-Free Childcare scheme is estimated to be around £800 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of Tax-Free Childcare in each year of this parliament is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost (£bn)</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates are published in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook - November 2016.</p><p><a href="http://www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/" target="_blank">www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/</a></p><p> </p><p>As set out at Autumn Statement 2016, once the scheme is fully rolled out, the government will review its operation to ensure it is delivering as intended and to assess the benefit it is delivering for working parents. We will also publish details about the numbers of families taking-up the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 65390 65396 65397 65398 question first answered 03/03/2017 10:23:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

693643

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria his Department plans to use to measure the success of the proposed tax-free childcare scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	65390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm the government will soon be launching Tax-Free Childcare which will allow working families to receive up to £2,000 childcare support per child, per year. The new scheme will roll out gradually following the completion of the current Trial.</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare will be rolled out to all eligible families before the end of 2017 in a safe and managed way to ensure that the system runs smoothly for parents.</p><p> </p><p>The average benefit accruing to families from the proposed Tax-Free Childcare scheme is estimated to be around £800 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of Tax-Free Childcare in each year of this parliament is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost (£bn)</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates are published in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook - November 2016.</p><p><a href="http://www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/" target="_blank">www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/</a></p><p> </p><p>As set out at Autumn Statement 2016, once the scheme is fully rolled out, the government will review its operation to ensure it is delivering as intended and to assess the benefit it is delivering for working parents. We will also publish details about the numbers of families taking-up the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 65391 65396 65397 65398 question first answered 03/03/2017 10:23:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

693645

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will report on the level of take up of tax-free childcare of (a) self-employed people and (b) other workers who earn the national living wage.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	65396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm the government will soon be launching Tax-Free Childcare which will allow working families to receive up to £2,000 childcare support per child, per year. The new scheme will roll out gradually following the completion of the current Trial.</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare will be rolled out to all eligible families before the end of 2017 in a safe and managed way to ensure that the system runs smoothly for parents.</p><p> </p><p>The average benefit accruing to families from the proposed Tax-Free Childcare scheme is estimated to be around £800 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of Tax-Free Childcare in each year of this parliament is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost (£bn)</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates are published in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook - November 2016.</p><p><a href="http://www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/" target="_blank">www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/</a></p><p> </p><p>As set out at Autumn Statement 2016, once the scheme is fully rolled out, the government will review its operation to ensure it is delivering as intended and to assess the benefit it is delivering for working parents. We will also publish details about the numbers of families taking-up the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 65390 65391 65397 65398 question first answered 03/03/2017 10:23:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

693646

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the annual cost to the public purse of the planned tax-free childcare scheme; and what the take-up rate has been of that scheme prior to its roll-out.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	65397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm the government will soon be launching Tax-Free Childcare which will allow working families to receive up to £2,000 childcare support per child, per year. The new scheme will roll out gradually following the completion of the current Trial.</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare will be rolled out to all eligible families before the end of 2017 in a safe and managed way to ensure that the system runs smoothly for parents.</p><p> </p><p>The average benefit accruing to families from the proposed Tax-Free Childcare scheme is estimated to be around £800 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of Tax-Free Childcare in each year of this parliament is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost (£bn)</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates are published in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook - November 2016.</p><p><a href="http://www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/" target="_blank">www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/</a></p><p> </p><p>As set out at Autumn Statement 2016, once the scheme is fully rolled out, the government will review its operation to ensure it is delivering as intended and to assess the benefit it is delivering for working parents. We will also publish details about the numbers of families taking-up the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 65390 65391 65396 65398 question first answered 03/03/2017 10:23:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq