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806210

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it is her policy to create a capital fund to support the opening of nurseries in primary schools that do not have the facilities to provide one.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	119402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>As stated in the Social Mobility Action Plan, we will invest £50 million to create more high quality school-based nursery provision for disadvantaged children: <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><p> </p><p>We expect that this investment will contribute to creating and increasing nursery provision in both new and existing schools, including those schools that already provide nursery places and those that do not.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/12/2017 17:08:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

806213

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what how many and what proportion of primary schools that have opened since June 2017 (a) did and (b) did not have an on-site nursery.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	119405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>11 of the 21 (52 per cent) mainstream primary and all-through schools that have opened since June 2017 have nursery provision. 10 of the 21 (48 per cent) schools opened without nursery provision.</p><p> </p><p>The government has not approved any new school proposals since June 2017. The most recent new school approvals were made in April 2017 when 29 of the 45 (64 per cent) mainstream primary and all-through schools approved included proposals for nursery provision. We will next invite proposals for new schools in early 2018.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 119407 question first answered 18/12/2017 17:15:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

806215

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of new primary schools that received permission to be built since June 2017 (a) included and (b) did not include plans to build a nursery.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	119407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>11 of the 21 (52 per cent) mainstream primary and all-through schools that have opened since June 2017 have nursery provision. 10 of the 21 (48 per cent) schools opened without nursery provision.</p><p> </p><p>The government has not approved any new school proposals since June 2017. The most recent new school approvals were made in April 2017 when 29 of the 45 (64 per cent) mainstream primary and all-through schools approved included proposals for nursery provision. We will next invite proposals for new schools in early 2018.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 119405 question first answered 18/12/2017 17:15:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

805429

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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, what plans he has to publish the number of (a) disabled and (b) non-disabled children who have a tax-free childcare account which has been used, set out by age.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	119100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Over 50,000 childcare providers (around 50% of all regulated providers) have successfully signed-up to receive payments through the Tax-Free Childcare scheme.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish more information about Tax-Free Childcare, when it is fully rolled-out in Spring 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 119106 question first answered 18/12/2017 15:08:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

805435

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many childcare settings are receiving payments from tax-free childcare accounts.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	119106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Over 50,000 childcare providers (around 50% of all regulated providers) have successfully signed-up to receive payments through the Tax-Free Childcare scheme.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish more information about Tax-Free Childcare, when it is fully rolled-out in Spring 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 119100 question first answered 18/12/2017 15:08:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

804369

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Teachers
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 11 December 2017 to Question 118033 on Pre-school Education: Teachers, for what reason her Department does not set a target for the number of enrolments in Early Years Initial Teacher Training courses.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	118451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Early Years Initial Teacher Training programme is a demand-led training programme. It is for the training providers to decide on the number of places they can offer. They bid for places and we provide funding to meet the demand.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/12/2017 17:29:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

804371

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2017 to Question 116185, when she expects to lay out more detail on extending 30 hours of funded childcare to children in foster care.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	118583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Foster carers are able to access the universal 15 hours of free childcare. We also are considering whether it is possible for children in foster care to take up the additional 15 hours in a way that promotes the best interests of the child.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/12/2017 17:24:28 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

802932

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse will be of developing the new reception baseline assessment announced in September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	118352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Standards and Testing Agency is currently seeking a contractor to develop and deliver the new reception baseline assessment. The contract will cover the development, pilot and first two years of statutory delivery of the assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The total value of the contract is estimated to be no more than £9.8 million over four academic years from September 2018 to August 2022. The majority of costs will be for the annual delivery of the assessment rather than its development.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/12/2017 17:17:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

802767

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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, whether it is her policy to conduct a consultation into children's centres.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	118316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that all children, regardless of background, get the best possible start in life. Children’s centres have an important role to play.</p><p> </p><p>I am aware of the previous commitment made to consult on the future of children’s centre services. However, we rightly want to take some time to gather evidence and consider what steps would be appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Local councils continue to have a duty to ensure there are sufficient centres or other settings such as family hubs to meet local need and to consult where they plan to make changes to local provision.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/12/2017 17:39:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

802780

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to pages 91-97 of her Department's Study of Early Education and Development (SEED): Study of Quality of Early Years Provision in England, published in December 2017, what steps her Department is taking to end regional variations in quality in early education.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	118326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The study of early education and development (SEED) findings (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-provision-quality" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-provision-quality</a>) indicate that improvements in the quality of early years provision have been seen over time. The research showed no variation in quality by area deprivation. Furthermore, the regional variation seen is not indicative of low overall quality in any region.</p><p> </p><p>The research backs up what we know – the number of childcare providers now rated good or outstanding by Ofsted has risen to 94% (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-providers-and-inspections-as-at-31-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-providers-and-inspections-as-at-31-august-2017</a>) and the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers continues to close at age 5.</p><p> </p><p>The early years workforce strategy published in 2017, sets out government's plans to help employers attract, retain and develop early years staff to support delivery of high quality provision.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/12/2017 17:41:55 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin