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1385825

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date	07/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have closed or been downgraded in each of the last 10 years in (a) Enfield North, (b) London and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	88834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities, as of 8 December 2021[1] there were 2,301 children’s centres and 699 children’s centre linked sites[2] open to families and children providing children's centre services as part of a network.</p><p>The attached table shows the number of children’s centres sites that have closed in Enfield North, London and England in each year since 2011[3].</p><p>The department does not routinely collect data on the services provided by children’s centres. This data is held at a local level.</p><p>[1] Source: This is based on information supplied by local authorities to the Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk</a> and internal management information held by the department on historical children’s centre closure dates as of 8 December 2021. These figures may be different to previous answers, and could change again in future, since local authorities may update their data at any time. The GIAS collects data on children’s centres that local authorities have closed on a permanent basis. It does not collect data on children’s centres that local authorities may have closed temporarily in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>[2] No data is held on the date a children’s centre converts to a children’s centre linked site, therefore, while a figure for the split between children’s centres and linked sites at the point a query is made can be established, it is not possible to provide a historic breakdown of this figure in previous years.</p><p>[3] No closures have been reported in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/12/2021 16:30:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 88834_sure_start_centres.xlsx title 88834_table
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1385826

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
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 steps he has taken to support nurseries, childminders, and other early years providers in (a) Enfield North, (b) London and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	88835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>The department has spent over £3.5 billion in each of the past three years on early education entitlements, and the government will continue to support families with their childcare costs.</p><p>At the Spending Review on 27 October 2021, we announced that we are investing additional funding for the early years entitlements worth £160 million in the 2022-23 financial year, £180 million in 2023-24 and £170 million in 2024-25, compared to the current year. This is for local authorities to increase hourly rates paid to childcare providers for the government’s free childcare entitlement offers and reflects cost pressures as well as anticipated changes in the number of eligible children.</p><p>As a result of this additional funding, for 2022-23 we will increase the hourly funding rates for all local authorities by 21p an hour for the two-year-old entitlement and, for the vast majority of areas, by 17p an hour for the three and four-year-old entitlement. We are also increasing the minimum funding floor, meaning no council can receive less than £4.61 per hour for the three and four-year-old entitlements.</p><p>We continue to work with the early years sector and officials from the department are in regular telephone and email contact with Early Years Leads in all local authorities in England, including Enfield and the other 32 boroughs in the London region, to understand how they can best be supported to ensure that sufficient safe, appropriate and affordable childcare is available for those who need it now, and for all families who need it in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/12/2021 16:10:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1385827

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
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 recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on promoting the uptake of the Tax-Free Childcare scheme.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	88836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>Take up of Tax-Free Childcare has continued to rise despite the pandemic. Most recent take up levels (September 2021) are 316,000 families for 371,000 children, compared to 308,000 families using childcare for 364,000 children in June 2021. HMRC continue to carry out communications and marketing activity which has proven to raise awareness and understanding of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 14/12/2021 11:09:25 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1385829

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme: Enfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have been supported by the National Tutoring Programme in (a) Enfield North and (b) the London Borough of Enfield since November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	88837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>National tutoring programme (NTP) participation data has not yet been published. We continue to collect data from schools for all three strands of the programme – school-led tutoring, tuition partners and academic mentors, and will be publishing this in due course.</p><p>The NTP aims to engage up to 2 million pupils this year, and to deliver up to 90 million <del class="ministerial">packages</del> <ins class="ministerial">hours</ins> of tuition by the 2024/25 academic year.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 13/12/2021 11:58:41 question first ministerially corrected 10/01/2022 12:52:06 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker previous answer version 38281 answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1385830

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Enfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have been supported by the School Rebuilding Programme in (a) Enfield North constituency and (b) the London Borough of Enfield since June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	88838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>Earlier this year, the department announced the first 100 schools in the new School Rebuilding Programme, as part of a commitment to 500 projects over the next decade: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme/school-rebuilding-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme/school-rebuilding-programme</a>. There are no schools from the Enfield North constituency or the London Borough of Enfield in the programme. Two schools in the Enfield North constituency and a further two in the London Borough of Enfield have been rebuilt under the Priority School Building Programme.</p><p>The department will publish details of how schools will be prioritised for future places in the programme following a review of the results from our recent consultation, which closed on 8 October 2021.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 14/12/2021 14:53:03 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1385831

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Enfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) support schools in Enfield North constituency and (b) tackle regional inequality in school outcomes in the London Borough of Enfield.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	88839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The department is pursuing an ambitious programme of work to provide continued support to all schools across the country as well as tackling inequality in outcomes.</p><p>The department wants to ensure that children and young people, including in Enfield, leave education better educated, better skilled, and equipped for successful and productive careers. The COVID-19 outbreak has been disruptive, but the department is helping pupils to recover, and support is especially focused on helping the most disadvantaged, vulnerable or those with least time left in education, wherever they live. Almost £5 billion in direct investment has been announced for education recovery. This includes an additional £1.8 billion of funding announced in the recent Spending Review to support young people to catch up on missed education. This is in addition to a strong core funding settlement, which will see core schools funding rise by £4.7 billion by the 2024-25 financial year compared to existing plans. The department’s overall £5 billion direct investment in education recovery includes:</p><ul><li>funding for up to 100 million tutoring hours for 5-19 year olds</li><li>multi-year direct funding, so schools can deliver evidence-based interventions based on pupil needs</li><li>summer schools in 2021</li><li>extra time in 16-19 education</li><li>500,000 training opportunities for school teachers and early years practitioners</li></ul><p>We are investing in teachers, tutors and direct funding to schools and colleges, so they can determine how best to support the pupils that most need support, all of which benefits students in Enfield.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the core school funding through the National Funding Formula (NFF) which targets 17% of its funding towards pupils with additional needs, including deprived pupils. This financial year, 2021-22, schools in Enfield North are attracting £5,730 per pupil through the schools NFF. In 2022-23, this NFF funding will increase to £5,879 per pupil. These figures are based on notional school-level NFF allocations. The department does not update constituency figures on actual school-level allocations. The distribution of the additional £1.6 billion for schools and high needs in 2022-23 secured in the Spending Review will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 13/12/2021 12:08:55 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1385832

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage the uptake of apprenticeships in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) Greater London.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	88840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>Apprenticeships provide people with the opportunity to earn and learn the skills needed to start an exciting career in a wide range of industries, and we want more people to benefit from high-quality apprenticeships. Since May 2010, there have been 6,900 apprenticeship starts in Enfield North constituency, 18,730 in the London Borough of Enfield and 462,650 in London.</p><p>Funding for apprenticeships in England will grow to £2.7 billion by the 2024-25 financial year to support apprenticeships in all employers, including employers that do not pay the levy who will continue to be able to reserve funding for 95% of apprenticeship training and assessment costs.</p><p>We are supporting employers to offer new apprenticeship opportunities by extending the higher incentive payment of £3,000 for every new apprentice hired between 1 October 2021 and 31 January 2022, as part of the government's Plan for Jobs. We have seen over 125,000 incentive payments claimed by employers so far (as of 10 November 2021). We also continue to improve apprenticeships by making them more flexible for employers, and by making it easier for employers to make full use of their levy funds.</p><p>To encourage more young people to consider apprenticeships, we are promoting apprenticeships at schools in Enfield and London through our Apprenticeship Support &amp; Knowledge programme. This free service providers resources and interventions to help better educate young people about apprenticeships.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 14/12/2021 16:55:40 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1385833

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Vocational Guidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of provision of work experience and careers advice in secondary education in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield, and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	88841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>The department recognises that activities involving employers, such as careers insights, mentoring, work tasters and work experience, provide opportunities that are essential for young people to test out different careers, improve their skills and show their commitment and enthusiasm.</p><p>Through the Careers and Enterprise Company, we continue to support schools and colleges to provide young people with access to meaningful experiences of the workplace, and the evidence suggests this is working. Careers Hubs are accelerating improvements in careers education and guidance, in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks, which together define what good career guidance looks like. Schools and colleges that have been part of Careers Hubs for the longest achieved 4.8 Gatsby Benchmarks on average, compared with 3.8 for schools and colleges not in a Careers Hub. More than 2,260 (45%) of schools and colleges are part of a Careers Hub.</p><p>In September 2021, four Careers Hubs were launched across London to support over 300 schools and colleges across the capital to give young Londoners a head start in finding their next best steps and planning their futures. We know nine schools and colleges across the Borough of Enfield are part of a Careers Hub this year and six of these are in the Enfield North constituency.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 14/12/2021 17:04:58 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1384616

registered interest
date	03/12/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Nitrogen: Pollution Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle nitrogen pollution.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	86628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government has made ambitious commitments to improve the environment, including air and water quality. Addressing nitrogen pollution remains a priority for delivering these commitments and we are taking steps to achieve this.</p><p>We are taking action to address pollution from agriculture by utilising a suite of effective advice programmes, incentives, and regulations. Recent actions include but are not limited to a near doubling of funding for the Catchment Sensitive Farming Programme; providing financial support for positive action from farmers, such as through the Countryside Stewardship scheme and the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund; and promoting compliance with regulation by allocating £1.2 million to the Environment Agency to recruit an additional 50 inspectors. We continue to review and consider options to deliver our commitments in this area.</p><p>In addition, we are helping to tackle local nitrogen dioxide exceedances for air quality by providing £880 million to help local authorities develop and implement local air quality plans.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/12/2021 13:56:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1384397

registered interest
date	02/12/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent reports of human rights abuses against (a) peaceful protestors and (b) ethnic and faith minorities in Turkey.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	86190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2021 answer text <p>We strongly support the right to peaceful protest, as well as freedom of association. We also support all minority groups in Turkey and encourage the Turkish authorities to safeguard their welfare and respect their human rights, in line with provisions in the Turkish constitution that protect the rights of religious minorities. We participated in the 2020 UN Universal Periodic Review of Turkey, and pressed particularly for removing obstacles to freedom of expression, including freedom of religion or belief. We will continue to engage with Turkey on these important issues and monitor the treatment of minorities.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/12/2021 15:56:07 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark