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752532

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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, how many people who applied for an eligibility childcare code for 30 hours free childcare via the gov.uk website have been unsuccessful; and how many of those unsuccessful applicants (a) are in employment but not contracted to work 16 hours per week and (b) became employed within the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>As of 19 July, 13,218 parents with a 3 or 4 year old child have been unsuccessful in their application for 30 hours free childcare since the start of the childcare service trial in November 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Parents must meet the minimum income criteria to qualify for 30 hours free childcare. Parents can also apply for 30 hours free childcare up to 14 days before returning to work.</p><p> </p><p>As of 19 July, there have been approximately 169,000 calls from parents and 49,000 calls from childcare providers to the dedicated childcare service helpline since the start of the childcare service trial in November 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 5598 question first answered 20/07/2017 15:11:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752606

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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 guidance she has provided to local authorities on charging childcare providers a fee for mistakenly providing incorrect information relating to 30 hours of free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The department’s model agreement, published on 3 March 2017, sets out our expectations of what should be included in agreements between local authorities and childcare providers for the delivery of the free early education entitlements for two-, three- and four-year-olds. This is intended to bring more consistent practice across local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The model agreement is clear the local authority should not charge providers disproportionate penalties for providing late or incomplete information leading to additional administration in the processing of free entitlements. Any charges should be reasonable and proportionate to the inconvenience or costs incurred to the local authority as a result of the lateness, and local authorities should ensure charges are clearly communicated to providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/07/2017 18:12:03 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752612

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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, whether she plans to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of her Department's 30 hours of free childcare policy.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department demonstrated its commitment to evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of her Department's 30 hours of free childcare policy, by undertaking an independent evaluation of its early implementation, early innovation and early rollout programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published the evaluation of early implementation of 30 hours of free childcare on 17 January 2017 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-early-implementation-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-early-implementation-evaluation</a>).</p><p>We also plan to publish the evaluation of early rollout of 30 hours of free childcare in September 2017 and will take steps to implement the early leaning from this as soon as it is made available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will also continue to monitor the implementation of 30 hours free childcare through the Early Years and Schools censuses, the Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents and the Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey to monitor the 30 hours offer from both the providers’ and parents’ perspective. These data sources have provided a very rich and detailed set of information over many years<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/07/2017 16:15:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752614

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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, whether looked-after children are eligible for 30 free hours of childcare from September 2017; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Looked after children are in the care of the local authority and are therefore receiving support in their local area. They are not eligible for 30 hours free childcare but will still be eligible for the 2-year-old entitlement and the universal 15 hours as a 3 or 4-year-old.</p><p> </p><p>Foster carers are not eligible in respect of their foster children. The government is committed to ensuring that foster carers receive the support they need to meet the needs of the children they look after. Foster carers already receive an allowance and the national minimum standards for fostering services are clear that the allowance should cover the full cost of caring for a child. The national fostering stocktake, a comprehensive review of the fostering system, is now underway and we will complete it by the end of the year. Part of this review will consider the support that foster carers receive.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/07/2017 18:08:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752615

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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 plans she has to undertake an assessment of the effect of 30 hours of free childcare on the availability of funded two-year-old places after that roll-out has concluded.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure free early education places for two-year-olds who meet the eligibility criteria. In 2016, we invested £100m of capital funding to expand place capacity for 30 hours by creating nearly 18,000 additional places.</p><p>In July 2017, the Department for Education published the <em>Evaluation of Early Implementation of 30 Hours Free Childcare: Research report</em>. It concluded that there was no indication of adverse effects on other free entitlement provision from the implementation of 30 hours in those areas.</p><p>We will closely monitor the impact of the 30 hours policy, working with our delivery contractor ‘Childcare Works’. We publish data annually on take up of free places by two, three and four-year-olds, and carry out regular voluntary surveys of local authorities. Overall, the proportion of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education in England continues to rise, from 58% in 2015 to 71% in 2017. The proportion of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education places by local authority is set out in Table 5LA of the Statistical First Release (SFR) Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2017 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/07/2017 16:11:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752801

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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, how many people have had their welfare entitlement reduced after completing an application for tax free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare provides support to parents for their childcare costs. We estimate that around 2 million working families will have access to the scheme.</p><p>Parents cannot receive support from Tax-Free Childcare where they are in receipt of Universal Credit or Child Tax Credit or Working Tax Credit. However, families who are eligible for both will have the freedom to choose which scheme best meets their needs</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions continues to work closely with HM Revenue and Customs to ensure the schemes complement each other effectively, and that parents will have the guidance they need in order to make an informed decision on which scheme will provide the best support for them.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 24/07/2017 13:05:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752897

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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, with reference to Question 4504 on children: day care, how many calls the dedicated helpline has received so far.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>As of 19 July, 13,218 parents with a 3 or 4 year old child have been unsuccessful in their application for 30 hours free childcare since the start of the childcare service trial in November 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Parents must meet the minimum income criteria to qualify for 30 hours free childcare. Parents can also apply for 30 hours free childcare up to 14 days before returning to work.</p><p> </p><p>As of 19 July, there have been approximately 169,000 calls from parents and 49,000 calls from childcare providers to the dedicated childcare service helpline since the start of the childcare service trial in November 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 5088 question first answered 20/07/2017 15:11:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752941

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to pages 20 and 21 of the Early Years National Funding Formula Operational Guide, published in December 2016, how many local authorities have (a) requested to disapply the high pass-through requirement and (b) had their application to disapply accepted; and for what reasons successful applications to disapply were removed.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department received requests from seven local authorities for the Secretary of State’s authorisation to modify the operation of Regulation 22 (the 93% pass-through requirement) for 2017-18. Two authorities subsequently withdrew their requests.</p><p>Of the remaining five requests, four were fully approved and one was partially approved.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/07/2017 16:19:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752945

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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, how much funding her Department has allocated for the marketing of its 30 free hours of childcare policy to parents in (a) England and (b) each local authority in England.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The department has to date spent £100,000 toward the marketing of Childcare Choices, the cross government campaign that promotes the 30 hours free childcare policy in England and Tax-Free Childcare across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>No funding has been directly allocated to local authorities for marketing. However, a stakeholder toolkit, which includes communications materials, was sent to all local authorities at the launch of the Childcare Choices campaign in March 2017. This is also available on the provider page of the Childcare Choices website.</p><p> </p><p>The department continues to work closely with local authorities, through our contract with Childcare Works, to ensure that the 30 hours offer is communicated to providers and parents locally.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/07/2017 16:29:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752136

registered interest
date	14/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Childcare Implementation Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the childcare implementation taskforce has met since its establishment; what were the dates on which it met; and who attended each meeting.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Childcare ITF is chaired by the Education Secretary and was established to drive delivery of a coherent and effective government-wide childcare offer to support parents in work. To protect the integrity of the policy making process, we do not not publish details of when Implementation Taskforces met or what they discussed.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/07/2017 12:40:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin