This government is committed to helping working families with accessible, affordable childcare. We are already starting to see how 30 hours is making a real difference to the lives of families across the country. This builds on the success of our 12 early delivery areas, which gave 30 hours to over 15,000 children. The independent evaluation of these early delivery areas showed that providers were willing and able to offer 30 hours places, as well as a number of positive impacts on families\u2019 finances and their ability to work.<\/p>
We have commissioned independent evaluators, Frontier Economics with NatCen Social Research and researchers from the University of East London, to conduct an evaluation of the first year of national rollout of 30 hours across England.<\/p>
We will consider the survey of childcare providers in England conducted by the Pre School Learning Alliance alongside other evidence we collect, including our nationally representative surveys of parents and providers.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4113", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stratford-on-Avon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nadhim Zahawi"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-01-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-01-22T17:48:27.063Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-01-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Children: Day Care"} , "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 the implications for his policies are of the survey of childcare providers in England conducted by the Pre School Learning Alliance in December 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4518", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tulip Siddiq"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hampstead and Kilburn"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tulip Siddiq"} ], "uin" : "123219"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/824420", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/824420/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The department has committed to undertake a review into children in need, to understand the challenges these children face and the support available to meet these challenges through schools and children\u2019s social care. This commitment was made in the \u2018Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential\u2019 Social Mobility Action Plan in December 2017. The action plan is viewable here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/667690/Social_Mobility_Action_Plan_-_for_printing.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to conduct a review of support available for vulnerable children.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/824423", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/824423/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We do not collect the data requested.<\/p> <\/p> There is a duty on early years providers in the Equality Act 2010 to not discriminate against children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or whose parents have SEND. Employers must make reasonable adjustments to make sure workers with disabilities are not substantially disadvantaged when doing their jobs.<\/p> <\/p> The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework requires all early years providers to have in place arrangements to identify and support children with SEND and to promote equality of opportunity for all the children in their care. We also have a range of measures put in place to ensure that local areas can put the right support in place for children with SEND and their families to access early education, including the Disability Access Fund, and the SEN Inclusion Fund.<\/p>"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/824444", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/824444/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Action Group has met four times, most recently on 9 January this year.<\/p> <\/p> The UNCRC Action Group (the Group) is jointly chaired by the Department for Education and Children\u2019s Rights Alliance England (CRAE). Its members are:<\/p> Action for Children;<\/p> The Children\u2019s Commissioner for England;<\/p> The Children\u2019s Society;<\/p> British Youth Council;<\/p> Children England;<\/p> Coram;<\/p> Rights Watch UK;<\/p> UNICEF UK;<\/p> National Children\u2019s Bureau;<\/p> NSPCC;<\/p> Equality and Human Rights Commission;<\/p> Ministry of Justice;<\/p> Joint Commission on Human Rights; and<\/p> The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2017 to Question 4616, how many times the UNCRC Action Group has met; what the membership of that group is; what recommendations that group has made; and which of those recommendations have been carried out.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/824512", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/824512/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The department does not hold this information.<\/p> <\/p> Our department supports the provision of nutritious food in schools to enable pupils to be well nourished, develop healthy eating habits and to concentrate and learn in school. Our school food standards regulate the food and drink provided during the school day, and foods high in fat, salt and sugar, as well as low quality reformed or reconstituted foods, are restricted. Resources such as the school food plan website can be used by schools and school caterers to ensure their menus comply with the standards.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of school catering programmes which received nutritional and dietary training prior to setting menus in 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/338", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Keith Vaz"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/824537", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/824537/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The proportion of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals under the pre-universal free school meals system is published in the annual \u2018Schools, pupils and their characteristics\u2019 statistical release at:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017<\/a>.<\/p> Data is not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school is available in the Underlying data: SFR28/2017 of the annual \u2018Schools, pupils and their characteristics\u2019 statistical release, contained in file \u2018SFR28_2017_Schools_Pupils_UD\u2019. The figures can be filtered by school phase, school type and parliamentary constituency.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many families are entitled to free school meals under the pre-universal infant free school meals system in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/824608", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/824608/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We don\u2019t differentiate between pupils eligible for free school meals under the pre-universal credit free school meals system and those only eligible due to the universal credit free school meals system. The number of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals is published in the file \u201cUnderlying data: SFR28/2017\u201d in the annual \u2018Schools, pupils and their characteristics\u2019 statistical release. For 2017 the information can be found at:<\/p> www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017<\/a>.<\/p> Information for earlier years can be found at:<\/p>
The Group does not make formal recommendations. Work taken forward as a result of the Group\u2019s discussions include production of two age-related and child friendly versions of the concluding observations, a message from the former Minister of State for Children and Families, my hon. Friend for Scarborough and Whitby (Robert Goodwill) on Universal Children\u2019s Day (20 November) to all government departments, and production of a video to accompany the launch of CRAE\u2019s annual publication \u2018State of Children\u2019s Rights in England\u2019 in December 2017. The department is also working with the Group to put in place a children\u2019s rights training package and children\u2019s rights impact assessment for civil servants.<\/p>