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1405328

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Disability: Children and Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Disabled Children's Partnership Count Disabled Children In polling results, released 17 January 2022, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding that 18 per cent of the public thought that disabled children and families got the right support from councils and the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	109355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The department works closely with the Disabled Children’s Partnership and we are reviewing the findings of their latest report.</p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 (Section 97) requires local authorities to assess and support the needs of parents/carers as well as those of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Assessments are based on individual needs but should include parents’ well-being and ‘control over day-to-day life’.</p><p>The SEND code of practice also makes clear that local authorities must give their decision in response to any request for an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment within a maximum of 6 weeks from when the request was received or the point at which a child or young person was brought to the local authority’s attention.</p><p>However, the SEND system currently does not deliver for all children and young people with SEND. We further recognise that the COVID-19 outbreak disproportionately impacted young people with SEND and their families, which is why we are conducting a review of the SEND system. The department uses data to monitor and assess local authority performance and has been supporting local authorities to meet their statutory duties for SEND, including by providing challenge and support to those local authorities where there are long-standing delays.</p><p>Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission continue with their full inspection programme and our team of SEND advisers and colleagues in NHS England are continuing to provide support and challenge to help improve performance.</p><p>Depending on the underlying issues that each local authority faces, such as those relating to EHC assessments, we commission specialist and regional support from our delivery partners or facilitate peer to peer support.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 109356 question first answered 31/01/2022 17:56:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1405329

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Disabled Children's Partnership Count Disabled Children In polling results, released 17 January 2022, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the time taken to consider Education, Health and Care Plan assessments for disabled children.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	109356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The department works closely with the Disabled Children’s Partnership and we are reviewing the findings of their latest report.</p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 (Section 97) requires local authorities to assess and support the needs of parents/carers as well as those of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Assessments are based on individual needs but should include parents’ well-being and ‘control over day-to-day life’.</p><p>The SEND code of practice also makes clear that local authorities must give their decision in response to any request for an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment within a maximum of 6 weeks from when the request was received or the point at which a child or young person was brought to the local authority’s attention.</p><p>However, the SEND system currently does not deliver for all children and young people with SEND. We further recognise that the COVID-19 outbreak disproportionately impacted young people with SEND and their families, which is why we are conducting a review of the SEND system. The department uses data to monitor and assess local authority performance and has been supporting local authorities to meet their statutory duties for SEND, including by providing challenge and support to those local authorities where there are long-standing delays.</p><p>Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission continue with their full inspection programme and our team of SEND advisers and colleagues in NHS England are continuing to provide support and challenge to help improve performance.</p><p>Depending on the underlying issues that each local authority faces, such as those relating to EHC assessments, we commission specialist and regional support from our delivery partners or facilitate peer to peer support.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 109355 question first answered 31/01/2022 17:56:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1552075

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding provision for early years settings.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	111666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>In the 2021 Spending Review the department announced additional funding for early years of £160 million in 2022/23, £180 million in 2023/24 and £170 million in 2024/25, compared to the 2021/22 financial year.</p><p>The department has recently announced that we will invest an additional £20 million into early years funding in 2023/24, on top of the additional funding announced in the 2021 Spending Review. Taken together, this will help support providers at a national level with the additional National Living Wage costs associated with delivering the free childcare entitlements next year. The department will also be investing an additional £10 million into Maintained Nursery School supplementary funding from 2023/24.</p><p>In 2023/24, local authorities are set to receive average funding increases of 3.4% for the 3- and 4-year-old free childcare entitlements and 4% for the 2- year-old entitlement, compared to their 2022/23 rates.</p><p>The department has again increased the early years pupil premium, which for 2023/24 will provide up to £353 per eligible child per year to support better outcomes for disadvantaged 3- and 4-year- olds. The department has also increased the Disability Access Fund, which will be worth at least £828 per eligible child per year.</p><p>The department continues to engage with sector stakeholders and local authorities to monitor the sufficiency of childcare places and sustainability of the early years sector.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 21/12/2022 14:41:36 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1250465

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Music
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether group music and movement classes for children aged under five can continue during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	113619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>Music and movement classes for children under 5 need to meet necessary exceptions to continue during the COVID-19 November 2020 national restrictions.</p><p>Ofsted-registered early years settings can continue to engage peripatetic teachers for music, dance and drama, including staff from music education hubs, during the period of national restrictions, provided the relevant guidance is followed. Early years settings should continue to follow the guidance available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures#infection-prevention-and-system-of-controls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures#infection-prevention-and-system-of-controls</a>.</p><p>Support groups for new parents can continue to be held.</p><p>Where these are held in Ofsted registered settings, they should follow government guidance on the COVID-19 outbreak for early years and childcare providers. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures</a>.</p><p>Support groups for new parents in community settings, such as places of worship, community centres or halls, or libraries, and that are essential to deliver in person, can continue. These can be conducted with up to 15 participants where formally organised to provide mutual aid, therapy, or any other form of support. These groups must be organised by a business, a charitable, benevolent, or philanthropic institution, or a public body, and must follow COVID-19 secure guidance. Restricted businesses which are required to close, such as coffee shops, cannot hold support groups. When national restrictions apply, in determining the limit of 15 participants, no account is to be taken of any child who is below the age of 5.</p><p>Informal groups, such as those organised by a parent, need to comply with the gathering and household mixing rules. In practice, during the period of national restrictions, this means these groups should only meet virtually.</p><p>Supervised activity for children can continue to take place where it is reasonably necessary to enable parents to work, search for work or to undertake training or education, for example in indoor gyms, fitness studios, indoor sports facilities and other indoor leisure centres, community centres or halls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 16/11/2020 18:13:29 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1252672

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: Coronavirus
	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 students who have not been eligible for student finance because their Indefinite Leave to Remain applications have been delayed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	116616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>It is not possible to estimate the number of students who were not eligible for student finance on the first day of the first academic year of their course because their Indefinite Leave to Remain application was delayed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.</p><p>The requirement for a student to hold settled status on the first day of the first academic year of their course is a condition that is defined in the Education (Student Support) Regulations. Where certain events occur after the first day of the first academic year of the course (for example, the student is recognised as a refugee) the student may qualify for student support for that year and any subsequent years depending on when the event occurred. Indefinite leave to remain is not, by itself, an event. Most students acquiring indefinite leave to remain part way through a course (for reasons other than Permanent Residence, under the EUSS or as a victim of domestic violence) will not become eligible for full support as a settled person under the Student Support Regulations.</p><p>In assessing eligibility for student finance, the Student Loans Company will rely on information from the Home Office on all immigration matters, including in relation to the grant of settlement.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 25/11/2020 13:28:59 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1435220

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding for SEND the Government has allocated to local authorities in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019, (f) 2020 and (g) 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	129210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The national funding formula (NFF) continues to distribute core schools funding fairly, based on the needs of schools and their pupil cohorts.</p><p>The government does not allocate specific amounts for mainstream school pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Within the total funding allocated, local authorities are required by regulations to provide schools with sufficient funds to enable them to provide additional support costing up to £6,000 for each pupil with SEND. When support costs for an individual pupil exceed £6,000 per year, the local authority provides top-up funding from its high needs budget.</p><p>High needs funding is allocated to local authorities for children and young people with more complex SEND. The total high needs funding allocations for all local authorities since the 2015-16 financial year are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Total high needs block funding (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>5,247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>5,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>5,827</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>6,115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>6,279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>7,063</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>7,906</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23[1]</p></td><td><p>8,981</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>[1] 2022/23 figures are provisional, including supplementary funding</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/03/2022 17:21:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1435221

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding for education the Government has allocated to local authorities in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019, (f) 2020 and (g) 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	129211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>The published dedicated schools grant allocation tables contain details of early years entitlement funding distributed to local authorities. This is summarised in the attached table. The table shows final allocations, except for the financial year 2021/22 which shows initial allocations:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time period (financial year)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Early years block in the DSG (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2,735</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2,701</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>3,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>3,578</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>3,618</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>3,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>3,550</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Most of the funding that the department provides for the provision of education, both for schools and high needs provision, is allocated to local authorities in the first instance. Local authorities are allocated most of their funding for schools and high needs through the dedicated schools grant (DSG).</p><p>Funding for academies is paid directly to trusts by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. However, local authorities set the local formulae that determine academies’ allocations. Local authorities’ DSG allocations take account of the funding made available for all schools in their local areas. There are also other grants which the department pays to local authorities in the first instance. The department then asks local authorities to pass those on to the maintained schools in their area. This includes, for example, the pupil premium grant. The pupil premium helps schools improve the academic attainment and wider outcomes of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, and total pupil premium funding will increase to over £2.6 billion in financial year 2022/23, from £2.5 billion this year.</p><p>The table shows funding since the 2015/16 financial year for the education of 5 to 16-year-olds in England, in all state-funded schools. This is based on the annual release of the school funding statistics, which can be accessed at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-funding-statistics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-funding-statistics</a>.</p><p>The published statistics include the schools block, central school services block and most of the high needs block of the DSG, pupil premium grant funding, the supplementary free school meals grant, the early career framework grant, and the teachers’ pay grant and teachers’ pension employer contribution grant (which have been rolled into the DSG from 2021/22). The coverage has been chosen both to capture core funding for schools and to ensure the series is as comparable over time as possible, despite changes to the specific grants allocated to schools and local authorities over the years shown.</p><p>The figures do not include any funding allocated to support with the response to the COVID-19 outbreak, because the inclusion of this time-limited funding to support schools would cause inconsistencies in the time series. Since June 2020, we have announced nearly £5 billion of investment for education recovery to support children and young people to catch up on missed education, and more information can be found in the annex to the school funding statistics publication above.</p><p>Figures in the funding time series are rounded to the nearest £100 million.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time period (financial year)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>School funding (£ million) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>School funding plus post-16 high needs funding (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>39,600</p></td><td><p>40,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>40,200</p></td><td><p>40,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>40,900</p></td><td><p>41,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>42,500</p></td><td><p>43,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>44,400</p></td><td><p>45,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>47,600</p></td><td><p>48,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>49,600</p></td><td><p>50,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below provides the amount of 16-19 funding that has been allocated to local authorities in England. This excludes post-16 high needs but includes funding that goes directly to local authorities, and the funding they receive for school sixth forms, as set out in the published 16 to 19 allocations data. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2021-to-2022-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2021-to-2022-academic-year</a>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time period (academic year)</p></td><td><p>Total 16-19 programme funding allocated to local authorities (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>589</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>468</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>369</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Funding allocations for 19 year-olds and beyond, including allocations to local authorities, are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/19-funding-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/19-funding-allocations</a>.</p><p>Since the start of the 2019/20 academic year, a proportion of the adult education budget (AEB) has been devolved to several mayoral combined authorities and the Greater London Authority. Approximately 50% was devolved in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years, and 60% was devolved in the 2021/22 academic year. The mayoral combined authorities and the Greater London Authority are responsible for deciding which providers they contract with the amount of AEB they allocate to them.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 04/03/2022 14:00:04 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1272157

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2020
	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, what assessment he has made of the changes in the (a) numbers and (b) hours of children attending early years settings since February 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	131381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>From January 2019 to January 2020, the numbers of children benefiting from funded entitlements at early years settings decreased slightly. However, the percentage of children aged 3 and 4 benefiting from funded entitlements at these settings remained stable, whilst the percentage of eligible 2-year-olds benefiting from funded entitlements increased slightly. Full data is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/28af6122-62d8-4901-beb4-e02d9e56f069" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/28af6122-62d8-4901-beb4-e02d9e56f069</a>.[1]</p><p>From January 2019 to January 2020, the number of hours of funded childcare used by children in early years settings increased, with a higher percentage of all age groups taking between 12.5 and 15 hours per week, the highest band. Full data is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/411250f5-91ca-4269-8ef5-72891b3f3216" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/411250f5-91ca-4269-8ef5-72891b3f3216</a>.</p><p>To understand the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, wave two of the Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers and COVID-19 assessed attendance in September/October for open school-based providers, open group-based providers, and open childminders. Attendance during the survey was compared to the expected attendance for a typical autumn term. The survey showed that, on average, fewer children attended than would have been expected to attend across all age groups. The survey is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/945249/SCEYP_COVID-19_Wave2_Main_Report_171220.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/945249/SCEYP_COVID-19_Wave2_Main_Report_171220.pdf</a>. Further information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/survey-of-childcare-and-early-years-providers-and-coronavirus-covid-19-wave-2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/survey-of-childcare-and-early-years-providers-and-coronavirus-covid-19-wave-2</a>.</p><p>[1] The figures for four-year-olds do not sum to 100% as 63.5% of four-year-olds are in maintained schools, benefiting from over 15 funded hours of provision per week.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 131382 question first answered 15/01/2021 11:15:56 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1272158

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2020
	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 assessment he has made of the changes in the number of eligible two year olds taking up 15 hours of funded childcare since March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	131382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>From January 2019 to January 2020, the numbers of children benefiting from funded entitlements at early years settings decreased slightly. However, the percentage of children aged 3 and 4 benefiting from funded entitlements at these settings remained stable, whilst the percentage of eligible 2-year-olds benefiting from funded entitlements increased slightly. Full data is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/28af6122-62d8-4901-beb4-e02d9e56f069" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/28af6122-62d8-4901-beb4-e02d9e56f069</a>.[1]</p><p>From January 2019 to January 2020, the number of hours of funded childcare used by children in early years settings increased, with a higher percentage of all age groups taking between 12.5 and 15 hours per week, the highest band. Full data is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/411250f5-91ca-4269-8ef5-72891b3f3216" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/411250f5-91ca-4269-8ef5-72891b3f3216</a>.</p><p>To understand the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, wave two of the Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers and COVID-19 assessed attendance in September/October for open school-based providers, open group-based providers, and open childminders. Attendance during the survey was compared to the expected attendance for a typical autumn term. The survey showed that, on average, fewer children attended than would have been expected to attend across all age groups. The survey is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/945249/SCEYP_COVID-19_Wave2_Main_Report_171220.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/945249/SCEYP_COVID-19_Wave2_Main_Report_171220.pdf</a>. Further information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/survey-of-childcare-and-early-years-providers-and-coronavirus-covid-19-wave-2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/survey-of-childcare-and-early-years-providers-and-coronavirus-covid-19-wave-2</a>.</p><p>[1] The figures for four-year-olds do not sum to 100% as 63.5% of four-year-olds are in maintained schools, benefiting from over 15 funded hours of provision per week.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 131381 question first answered 15/01/2021 11:15:56 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

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	registered interest
	date	17/12/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Coronavirus
	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 financial costs of securing (a) PPE, (b) cleaning costs and (c) staff replacements for early years providers delivering early education during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	131383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2021 answer text <p>Keeping children and staff safe is our utmost priority. The majority of early years staff in settings will not require PPE beyond what they would normally need for their work, and our early years guidance confirms what PPE should be used in the event a child becomes symptomatic while in a setting.</p><p>If an education or childcare setting cannot obtain the PPE they need they should approach their local authority.</p><p>Local authorities should support them to access PPE suppliers and available stock locally, including through coordinating the redistribution of available supplies between settings according to priority needs.</p><p>The department has undertaken surveys of providers about their finances throughout the pandemic. The latest report is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/945249/SCEYP_COVID-19_Wave2_Main_Report_171220.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/945249/SCEYP_COVID-19_Wave2_Main_Report_171220.pdf</a>. The next wave of the study is currently taking place and asks questions about the cost of PPE, cleaning and workforce. Findings from this wave of the study will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 12/01/2021 16:54:25 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse