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855626

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date	05/03/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	130933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service currently employs 183 apprentices, which equates to 3.3% of the workforce. As at 28 February 2018 the Government Legal Department had 19 apprentices representing 0.84% of the workforce. Whilst the SFO currently does not have any apprentices it does remain committed to offering apprenticeships as a means of bringing through talent and has been employing apprentices since 2011/12. There are currently no apprentices in either the Attorney General’s Office or Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/03/2018 16:00:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

855628

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of the staff employed in the Prime Minister's Office are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	130935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Civil Service apprenticeship strategy, the Civil Service has pledged to achieve 30,000 apprenticeship starts in England by 2020, annually delivering 2.3% of our workforce in England as apprenticeship starts.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/03/2018 09:51:24 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

855629

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	130936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 18 apprentices working at HM Treasury, which represents 1.3% of the total paid staff headcount</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/03/2018 16:51:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

855630

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Department For Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	130937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>This Parliamentary Question has been answered factually for Core Defra only. As at 31 January 2018 the number of Apprentices employed in the department was 32 or 1% of the total payroll workforce.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/03/2018 13:20:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

855774

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2018 to Question 124482, on Children’s Centres, what evidence his Department has gathered since September 2015 to inform a consultation on children's centres.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	131079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Question 124482 referred to the answer to Question 118316. That answer referenced the gathering of evidence to consider what steps would be appropriate. The department has gathered evidence from numerous sources and held numerous discussions with representatives of stakeholder groups since September 2015, which contribute to the development of policy. We do not hold records of every discussion that has taken place.</p><p> </p><p>The government intends to work with sector leaders to identify how best to achieve the social mobility ambition set out in ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’, including through children’s centres. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/667690/Social_Mobility_Action_Plan_-_for_printing.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/667690/Social_Mobility_Action_Plan_-_for_printing.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/03/2018 16:52:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

853279

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
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, how many two year-old children were eligible for childcare places for disadvantaged two-year olds in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	130728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The estimated number of two-year-olds eligible for 15 hours of free early education is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Two-year-old eligible population estimates</strong><strong><strong>[1]</strong></strong></p><p><strong>England</strong></p><p><strong>Years: 2015 -2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Eligible two-year-olds</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>230,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>246,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>269,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Department for Work and Pensions estimates of eligible population</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold an estimate for the eligible population prior to 2015. This is because the entitlement to 15 hours of free early education for disadvantaged two-year-olds was introduced in September 2013 and extended in September 2014. The January 2015 early years census, the first census following the extension, was the first to record the eligible population.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The estimated number of eligible two-year-olds is based on analysis of administrative data held by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) containing information on benefit and tax credit records relating to November each year.</p><p>The estimate is therefore based on the benefit and tax credit eligibility criteria only. The following non-economic eligibility criteria are not covered: children with a current statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) or an Education, Health and Care plan; children who are looked after by a local authority; children who are no longer looked after by the local authority as a result of an adoption order, a special guardianship order or a child arrangements order which specifies with whom the child lives. Two-year-olds from families in receipt of Universal Credit are also not included in the published figures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/03/2018 16:47:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

853282

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
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, whether Atos or any other contractor has been found to be have failed on any part of the contract related to providing the website services which generate eligibility codes for (a) tax-free childcare and (b) 30 hours of funded childcare.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	130731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>It is not the Government’s usual practice to comment on contractual matters between departments and their contactors since they may be commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/03/2018 15:56:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

853283

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had since September 2015 with (a) other government departments, (b) the children’s sector and (c) early years' practitioners on the consultation on children’s centres.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	130732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The department has had numerous discussions with representatives of each of the stakeholder groups named in the question about a range of early years issues, including children’s centres, since September 2015. We do not hold records of every discussion that has taken place.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/03/2018 16:56:05 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

853284

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of levels of pay in the early years and childcare sector on settings' capacity to employ staff qualified to Level 3 or above.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	130733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not set pay and conditions for early years professionals employed in private and voluntary sector organisations, which is the majority of the early years workforce.</p><p>The most recent data we have on the early years sector and pay is from the 2016 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers SFR (statistical first release). The accompanying research report, which is more detailed than the SFR, is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593965/SFR09_2017_Research_Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593965/SFR09_2017_Research_Report.pdf</a>. The section on Childcare staff pay in group-based and school-based providers can be found in pages 69 to 72.</p><p> </p><p>Employers are responsible for staff recruitment. We do not hold data on unfilled vacancies. The Early Years Workforce strategy published in March 2017 is intended to support the early years sector to remove barriers to attracting, retaining and developing the early years workforce.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/03/2018 17:10:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

853285

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) companies and (b) other organisations have submitted bids to the tendering process for the early years baseline assessment.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	130734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The procurement for a supplier to develop and deliver the reception baseline assessment is currently in progress. The process is following all due commercial procedure and, as such, no information can currently be disclosed on the number of bids received during the tendering stage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/03/2018 16:21:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin