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1148171

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
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, whether the Scottish Government has requested that her Department administer the new Scottish child payment and; and what estimate she has made of the cost of administering that payment.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	294146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Scottish Child Payment will be administered by Social Security Scotland. The Department will assist the Scottish Government where this is feasible. The cost of administration will fall to the Scottish Government.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/10/2019 09:07:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1147242

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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 paragraph 2.10 of Spending Round 2019, how the £66 million will be distributed between (a) state maintained nurseries and (b) private, voluntary, and independent childcare settings.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	292257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to support families with their childcare costs. My right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced £66 million for early years in 2020-21 to increase hourly rates paid to childcare providers through the Government’s early education entitlements in England. Further information and details of how this will be distributed will follow in due course.</p><p>The Department recognises that maintained nursery schools are an important part of the early years sector and provide valuable services to disadvantaged children. In February 2019, we announced further supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools of £24 million to ensure that the 2019-20 academic year is fully funded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 18:43:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1147243

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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 paragraph 2.10 of Spending Round 2019 published on 4 September 2019, what the average hourly funding rate for delivering the Government's free hours offers (a) was in 2018-19 and (b) will be in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	292258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The average hourly funding rate for 3- and 4-year-olds was £4.75 in both 2018-19 and 2019-20 (provisional). The average rate can be calculated from dedicated school grant tables which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p>and here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2019-to-2020</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The average rate can vary year on year as a result of the number of children taking up the funded hours. The average rate for 3- and 4-year-olds comprises the universal 15-hour entitlement and the additional 15-hour entitlement. It does not include the budget for early years pupil premium, disability access fund or supplementary funding.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 18:53:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1146663

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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 progress he is making to increase the recruitment and retention of childcare professionals.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	291283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department continues to support employer trailblazer groups to develop new apprenticeship standards for the early years workforce and to access funding for apprenticeship training. Organisations with a pay bill of less than £3 million each year are only required to pay 5% of the training costs for apprentices (within the relevant funding band). Alongside this, the Department is investing £20 million for in-service professional development and training for pre-reception early years practitioners in targeted disadvantaged areas from 53 local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also continues to work closely with the sector to look at issues that might be affecting recruitment and retention in the early years workforce. For example, the Fatherhood Institute has been awarded a grant to develop tools and resources aimed at increasing gender diversity in the early years sector. In partnership with Ofsted the Department has also supported a project led by the Early Years Alliance to explore and respond to workload burdens in the sector.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/10/2019 16:30:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1145776

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 estimate he has made of the number of children accessing the (a) 15-hours free childcare scheme for three and four-year-olds and (b) 12.5-hours free childcare offer which preceded it in (i) East Hampshire constituency, (ii) Hampshire local authority area and (iii) England in each year since the inception of each offer.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Damian Hinds
uin	290768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The number of 3 and 4-year-old children benefiting from 15 hours funded early education in Hampshire local authority and England are shown in the table below. Data is not published at parliamentary consistency level.</p><p> </p><p>The increase from 12.5 hours to 15 hours was rolled out between April 2007 and September 2010. Due to the phased roll-out consistent data is not available for these years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of 3 and 4-year-old children benefiting from 15 hours funded early education 2011-2019 Hampshire local authority and England</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Hampshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>29,110</p></td><td><p>1,224,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>29,690</p></td><td><p>1,264,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>30,200</p></td><td><p>1,283,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>30,460</p></td><td><p>1,299,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>31,200</p></td><td><p>1,321,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>31,690</p></td><td><p>1,339,430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>31,000</p></td><td><p>1,317,660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>30,060</p></td><td><p>1,284,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>30,080</p></td><td><p>1,277,140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Early Years Census, School Census, and School Level Annual School Census</p><p>(1) Count of children aged 3 and 4 at 31 December in the previous calendar year.</p><p>(2) Any child attending more than one provider will have only been counted once.</p><p>(3) Includes general hospital schools and excludes pupil referral units.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 13:57:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1145777

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 estimate he has made of the number of children accessing the 15-hours free childcare scheme for disadvantaged two-year-olds in (a) East Hampshire constituency, (b) Hampshire local authority area and (c) England in each year since its inception.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Damian Hinds
uin	290769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The number of 2-year-old children benefiting from funded early education in Hampshire local authority and England are shown in the table below. Data is not published at parliamentary consistency level.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of 2-year-old children benefiting from funded early education 2014-2019 Hampshire local authority and England</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hampshire</strong></p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td><td><p>2,420</p></td><td><p>2,440</p></td><td><p>2,410</p></td><td><p>2,310</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>86,640</p></td><td><p>157,040</p></td><td><p>166,920</p></td><td><p>163,250</p></td><td><p>154,960</p></td><td><p>148,750</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Early Years Census (EYC), School Census (SC), and School Level Annual School Census (SLASC)</p><p>(1) Count of children aged 2 at 31 December in the previous calendar year.</p><p>(2) Any child attending more than one provider will have only been counted once.</p><p>(3) Includes general hospital schools and excludes pupil referral units.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 13:59:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1145778

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 estimate he has made of the number of (a) children and (b) families accessing the 30-hours free childcare scheme in (i) East Hampshire constituency, (ii) Hampshire local authority area and (iii) England in each year since its inception.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Damian Hinds
uin	290770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The number of children benefiting from 30-hours free childcare in Hampshire local authority and England are shown in the table below. Data is not published at parliamentary consistency level. The Department does not hold data on the number of families accessing 30-hours free childcare.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of children benefiting from extended funded early education 2018-2019 Hampshire local authority and England</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hampshire</strong></p></td><td><p>8,380</p></td><td><p>9,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>296,920</p></td><td><p>328,130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Early Years Census (EYC), School Census (SC), and School Level Annual School Census (SLASC)</p><p>(1) Count of children aged 3 and 4 at 31 December in the previous calendar year. In September 2017, the government doubled the funded early education entitlement for 3- and 4-year-olds from working families who meet the eligibility criteria to 30 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year (or 1,140 hours a year over no fewer than 38 weeks of the year). This is referred to as the extended funded early education entitlement.</p><p>(2) Any child attending more than one provider will have only been counted once.</p><p>(3) Includes general hospital schools and excludes pupil referral units.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 13:59:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1145779

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) children and (b) families benefiting from tax-free childcare in each year since its inception in (a) East Hampshire constituency, (b) Hampshire local authority area and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Damian Hinds
uin	290771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>HMRC publish quarterly Official Statistics which includes a breakdown of families using Tax-Free Childcare by country and Government Office Region. The latest statistics were published in August 2019:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-june-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-june-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>Using methodology consistent with the published statistics HMRC can calculate account usage at the local authority and parliamentary constituency level. Results for England, Hampshire Local Authority and East Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Rounded to nearest 100.</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Users of Tax-Free Childcare</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2017-18</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Families</p></td><td><p>Children</p></td><td><p>Families</p></td><td><p>Children</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>52,300</p></td><td><p>64,600</p></td><td><p>144,400</p></td><td><p>181,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire Local Authority*</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>5,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>*Hampshire Local Authority figures are compiled from the following lower tier/district authorities:</em></p><p><em> </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Basingstoke and Deane</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>East Hampshire</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Eastleigh</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Fareham</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Gosport</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Hart</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Havant</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>New Forest</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Rushmoor</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Test Valley</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Winchester</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/10/2019 13:14:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1146107

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 24 September 2019 to Question 281570 on Children: Day Care, how many local authority areas did not meet the duty to provide sufficient childcare in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department works closely with Childcare Works, our national delivery contractor, to ensure that all local authorities provide sufficient childcare places in order to deliver free early years entitlements. Local authorities are required to report annually to elected council members on how they are meeting their duty to secure sufficient childcare and make this report available and accessible to parents. At this time, no local authority has reported that they are unable to meet their duty to provide sufficient places.</p><p>The Department’s Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey collects data on registered early years childcare places, including those in maintained schools and nurseries. Data is available at a national and regional level. A link to the survey can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2018</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/09/2019 16:26:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1146109

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 23 July 2019 to Question 278350 on Children: Day Care, how many short breaks local authorities provided for disabled children and their families in each (a) region and (b) local authority area in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>Short breaks for disabled children can be provided by local authorities under either section 17 or section 20 of the Children Act 1989. Whilst information on children receiving services is reported in the children in need census, the detail of the specific services or support provided to the child is not collected.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/10/2019 17:10:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe