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930980

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date	25/06/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department offers families in receipt of universal credit to meet the cost of childcare deposits.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	157204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>DWP continues to continuously improve the Universal Credit experience for claimants and to ensure that they are supported throughout their journey. For those with children, this includes ensuring that help with up front childcare costs is available for Universal Credit households with a low income.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants with a firm job offer can claim Universal Credit Childcare costs up to 1 month prior to starting work to enable their children to settle into a new routine. We also offer extra support to enable parents to pay upfront childcare costs or deposits: for example, claimants may be eligible to receive an advance of their future Universal Credit entitlement, which is interest free. Work coaches and claimants work together to ensure that, where this is taken up, repayments are affordable and manageable.</p><p> </p><p>If a budgeting advance is not appropriate, the Flexible Support Fund may also provide assistance. Payments from this fund are non-repayable, and are managed locally to provide tailored and targeted support for claimants to move into work.</p><p> </p><p>From February 2018, Universal Credit claimants have been able to upload digital copies of their childcare cost receipts or invoices through their online Universal Credit account: most claimants reporting their in-month childcare costs are not asked to provide further evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 157205 157206 157617 157618 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:24:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

930984

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the waiting time for the reimbursement of upfront childcare deposits for families in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	157206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>DWP continues to continuously improve the Universal Credit experience for claimants and to ensure that they are supported throughout their journey. For those with children, this includes ensuring that help with up front childcare costs is available for Universal Credit households with a low income.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants with a firm job offer can claim Universal Credit Childcare costs up to 1 month prior to starting work to enable their children to settle into a new routine. We also offer extra support to enable parents to pay upfront childcare costs or deposits: for example, claimants may be eligible to receive an advance of their future Universal Credit entitlement, which is interest free. Work coaches and claimants work together to ensure that, where this is taken up, repayments are affordable and manageable.</p><p> </p><p>If a budgeting advance is not appropriate, the Flexible Support Fund may also provide assistance. Payments from this fund are non-repayable, and are managed locally to provide tailored and targeted support for claimants to move into work.</p><p> </p><p>From February 2018, Universal Credit claimants have been able to upload digital copies of their childcare cost receipts or invoices through their online Universal Credit account: most claimants reporting their in-month childcare costs are not asked to provide further evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 157204 157205 157617 157618 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:24:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

919173

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to issue its response to the Treasury Committee's report on Childcare, HC757, published on 25 March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	151232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury issued its response to the Treasury Committee’s report on Childcare on the 24<sup>th</sup> May.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/06/2018 15:21:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

890057

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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 his Department will make it his policy to review the early years national funding formula to enable childcare settings to pay graduate-level wages to at least one member of staff.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	137108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>By 2019-20, the government will be spending around £6 billion a year on childcare support, including £1 billion to deliver 30 hours of free childcare and pay the higher funding rates that we introduced in April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Our funding rates are based on evidence from our ‘Review of Childcare Costs’, which was described as “thorough and wide ranging” by the National Audit Office. Local authorities’ individual funding rates are set by the new early years national funding formula which takes account of relative children’s needs and costs of delivery. It is for providers to determine how best to organise their staffing.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor delivery costs and have commissioned new research to provide us with robust and detailed cost data from a representative sample of early years providers.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/05/2018 14:26:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

890059

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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 his Department is taking ensure the adequacy of guidance issued to childcare providers on the support his Department offers on graduate qualifications.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	137109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The accredited training providers are responsible for the marketing of and recruitment of trainees to their courses. We provide guidance on our website for employers and providers, including:</p><ul><li>Early years initial teacher training guide for employers: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/early-years-initial-teacher-training-itt-a-guide-for-employers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/early-years-initial-teacher-training-itt-a-guide-for-employers</a>.</li><li>Early years initial teacher training guide for providers: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/early-years-initial-teacher-training-a-guide-for-providers#training-routes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/early-years-initial-teacher-training-a-guide-for-providers#training-routes</a>.</li></ul><p>Our ‘Get Into Teaching’ website also has a specific ‘Early Years’ area: <a href="https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/explore-my-options/become-an-early-years-teacher" target="_blank">https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/explore-my-options/become-an-early-years-teacher</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/05/2018 15:26:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

858543

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
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, with reference to his Department's guidance, 30 hours delivery support fund: revenue funding allocations for 2017 to 2018, if he will publish the methodology used to calculate those allocations.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	131798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Funding was made available through the Delivery Support Fund for work that directly benefits 30 hours delivery and will create (directly or indirectly) 30 hours places for the 2018 summer term.</p><p> </p><p>The bid round guidance set out that we would assess local authorities’ applications against the following three areas:</p><p> </p><p>1) Evidence of local delivery needs - the extent to which a local authority a) demonstrated understanding of their local demand and how they expect this to increase by the 2018 summer term and b) demonstrated the barriers or challenges they are facing.</p><p> </p><p>2) Summary of the proposal - the extent to which a local authority demonstrated how their proposed project(s) would effectively address the challenges they face, and how it would help them to secure sufficient places for the 2018 summer term.</p><p> </p><p>3) Delivery plan - the extent to which a local authority demonstrated that their project(s) are well costed, and that they would have the necessary skills and resources required to successfully deliver their work.</p><p> </p><p>We ran a three-stage assessment process to inform the funding decisions. This consisted of a sifting exercise, an assessment panel and a financial evaluation panel.</p><p> </p><p>The revenue and capital funding allocations can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-delivery-support-fund-grants-for-local-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-delivery-support-fund-grants-for-local-authorities</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 131799 131800 question first answered 14/03/2018 17:00:52 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

858544

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
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 2018 to Question 125657, whether the £398,250.00 allocated for local authorities in his Department's guidance, 30 hours delivery support fund: grants for local authorities for 2017-18 is the total amount that will be allocated in that time period.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	131799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Funding was made available through the Delivery Support Fund for work that directly benefits 30 hours delivery and will create (directly or indirectly) 30 hours places for the 2018 summer term.</p><p> </p><p>The bid round guidance set out that we would assess local authorities’ applications against the following three areas:</p><p> </p><p>1) Evidence of local delivery needs - the extent to which a local authority a) demonstrated understanding of their local demand and how they expect this to increase by the 2018 summer term and b) demonstrated the barriers or challenges they are facing.</p><p> </p><p>2) Summary of the proposal - the extent to which a local authority demonstrated how their proposed project(s) would effectively address the challenges they face, and how it would help them to secure sufficient places for the 2018 summer term.</p><p> </p><p>3) Delivery plan - the extent to which a local authority demonstrated that their project(s) are well costed, and that they would have the necessary skills and resources required to successfully deliver their work.</p><p> </p><p>We ran a three-stage assessment process to inform the funding decisions. This consisted of a sifting exercise, an assessment panel and a financial evaluation panel.</p><p> </p><p>The revenue and capital funding allocations can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-delivery-support-fund-grants-for-local-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-delivery-support-fund-grants-for-local-authorities</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 131798 131800 question first answered 14/03/2018 17:00:52 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

858545

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
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, for what reasons fewer than a third of local authorities received a grant from the 2017-2018 delivery support fund; and if he will publish the criteria by which his Department judged whether such a grant would be allocated to successful applicants.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	131800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Funding was made available through the Delivery Support Fund for work that directly benefits 30 hours delivery and will create (directly or indirectly) 30 hours places for the 2018 summer term.</p><p> </p><p>The bid round guidance set out that we would assess local authorities’ applications against the following three areas:</p><p> </p><p>1) Evidence of local delivery needs - the extent to which a local authority a) demonstrated understanding of their local demand and how they expect this to increase by the 2018 summer term and b) demonstrated the barriers or challenges they are facing.</p><p> </p><p>2) Summary of the proposal - the extent to which a local authority demonstrated how their proposed project(s) would effectively address the challenges they face, and how it would help them to secure sufficient places for the 2018 summer term.</p><p> </p><p>3) Delivery plan - the extent to which a local authority demonstrated that their project(s) are well costed, and that they would have the necessary skills and resources required to successfully deliver their work.</p><p> </p><p>We ran a three-stage assessment process to inform the funding decisions. This consisted of a sifting exercise, an assessment panel and a financial evaluation panel.</p><p> </p><p>The revenue and capital funding allocations can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-delivery-support-fund-grants-for-local-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-delivery-support-fund-grants-for-local-authorities</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 131798 131799 question first answered 14/03/2018 17:00:52 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

855959

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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, with reference to Childcare survey 2018, published by the Family and Childcare Trust, if his Department will publish a response to that report; and if he will publish a response to the findings in that report that (a) the average price for 25 hours per week of nursery childcare has risen by 7 per cent since 2017, (b) 45 per cent of local authorities in England reported having enough childcare places for working parents to access their 30 hours entitlement and (c) the majority of local authorities do not have enough childcare available for (i) children needing after school care, (ii) parents working outside normal office hours and (iii) disabled children.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	131125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Family and Childcare Trust (FCT)’s Childcare Survey 2018 shows that parents are now spending less of their wages on childcare as a result of the steps taken by the government. Local authorities are confident about the long-term future of the government’s childcare offer and the benefits that parents are already seeing from the 30 hours scheme. The department will continue to work with the FCT to understand the childcare issues affecting parents and to continue to remove barriers to taking up employment.</p><p> </p><p>The results of the survey can be found here: <a href="https://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-survey-2018" target="_blank">https://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-survey-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/03/2018 16:49:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

834839

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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, how many people have (a) applied and (b) had their applications rejected for the tax free childcare scheme in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency since that schemes introduction.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of people who have applied for Tax-Free Childcare by constituency is not available at the current time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/02/2018 13:04:10 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq