The department is committed to improving the cost, choice, and availability of childcare. We continue to look at ways to make childcare more affordable and to encourage families to use government-funded support they are entitled to.<\/p>
The department collects data on the main characteristics of childcare and early years provision in England and fees data can be broken down to local authority level. The latest data shows the average hourly fee for childcare in Slough to be £6.00 for two-year-old children and £5.75 for three and four-year-old children.<\/p>
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In July 2022, the department announced measures to increase take-up of childcare support and reduce the costs and bureaucracy facing providers. This included consulting on changing staff to child ratios for two-year-olds in group-based settings and clarifying flexibilities for childminders, to give providers more autonomy. The department has announced additional funding of £160 million in the 2022/23 financial year, £180 million in 2023/24 financial year and £170 million in 2024/25 financial year, compared to the 2021/22 financial year, for local authorities to increase hourly rates paid to childcare providers.<\/p>
The department has also announced a £1.2 million marketing campaign underway via the Childcare Choices website to ensure that every parent knows about the government funded support they are eligible for.<\/p>
The department continues to work across government, looking at ways to make childcare more affordable and to encourage families to use government-funded support they are entitled to.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4487", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rochester and Strood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kelly Tolhurst"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-10-24T10:23:47.663Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-10-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Childcare"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to ensure parents have access to affordable childcare.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4638", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Slough"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi"} ], "uin" : "61294"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1520853", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1520853/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
A breakdown in the number of Ofsted-registered childminders who are working, and the number of children aged 1-3 and 4-11 by parliamentary constituency and local authorities requested, can be found in the attached table. Childminders are generally the most affordable and flexible form of childcare and form an important part of the broader childcare market.<\/p>
Under Section 6 of the Childcare Act 2006, local authorities are responsible for ensuring that the provision of childcare is sufficient to meet the requirements of parents in their area. At present, all local authorities report that they are fulfilling their duty to ensure sufficient childcare.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4487", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rochester and Strood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kelly Tolhurst"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1520853/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "61016 61245 61297 61430 number_of_childminders_and_number_of_children.xls"} , "title" : "61016 61245 61297 61430 table"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-10-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "61016"} , {"_value" : "61245"} , {"_value" : "61430"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-10-17T14:07:36.637Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-10-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Children: Slough"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) Ofsted-registered childminders are working and (b) children aged (i) 1 to 3 and (ii) 4 to 11 are living in Slough constituency; what assessment he has made of the adequacy of childcare provision in that constituency; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4638", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Slough"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi"} ], "uin" : "61297"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1260487", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1260487/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Government is committed to tackling homelessness, which is why it is spending over £700 million this year alone. This includes the Flexible Homelessness Support Grant of £200m and the £63 million Homelessness Reduction Grant which enable local authorities to do more to prevent and relieve homelessness in their areas. Slough received a total of £820,101 from these specific funding streams. As a result of the Homelessness Reduction Act, councils now have a duty to prevent homelessness and the use of temporary accommodation means people are getting help\u202fand ensures no family is without a roof over their head.<\/p>
Next year, the Government will be spending over £750 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping, further demonstrating the Government\u2019s commitment to end rough sleeping and fully enforce the Homelessness Reduction Act.<\/p>
The latest homelessness data for April June 2020, including temporary accommodation numbers and the number of duties owed under the Homelessness Reduction Act can be found on the gov.uk website:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness.<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1249993/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government is taking forward a comprehensive programme of reform to end unfair practices in the leasehold market.<\/p> We are working with the Law Commission to make buying a freehold or extending a lease easier, quicker and cheaper, and to reinvigorate the Right to Manage to help empower leaseholders to take on management responsibilities for their properties if they wish to do so. The Law Commission published its first report to Government, on the valuation aspects of enfranchisement, on 9 January 2020 followed on 21 July by its reports on the remaining aspects of enfranchisement and the Right to Manage. Further information can be found at https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/leasehold-enfranchisement/<\/a> and https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/right-to-manage/<\/a>.<\/p> The Government also asked the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to conduct an investigation into potential mis-selling of homes and unfair terms in the leasehold sector. On 4 September the CMA announced that it was opening enforcement action focussing on certain practices of four housing developers. The Government has welcomed the CMA action, and wants to see homeowners who have been adversely affected swiftly obtain the justice and redress they deserve.<\/p>
These reports put forward a range of options and recommendations to help existing leaseholders.\u202fThe Government will carefully consider the\u202fproposals in the reports and set out next steps in due course.<\/p>