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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751281/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Local authorities continue to have a duty to secure sufficient childcare for working parents in their local areas. The Department is committed to working with local authorities to ensure sufficient places, which is why we awarded a delivery contract to Childcare Works, who continue to provide ongoing support and challenge to local authorities and providers delivering 30 hours.<\/p><p>The Department has also supported the growth and creation of additional places to deliver the 30 hours funded entitlement and in 2016, ran a £100 million early years capital bid round, which will create almost 18,000 additional 30 hours places for working parents.<\/p><p>We know that thousands of eligible children are taking up 30 hours places in our 12 early delivery areas and that parents have extended their working hours as a result of accessing the offer.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has taken account of the potential change to parents' working hours resulting from the commencement of provision of 30 hours free childcare from September 2017 on the number of childcare places to be made available; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4588", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tracy Brabin"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751282", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751282/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department primarily allocates revenue funding at local authority level.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The schools block allocation for individual schools for the 2016-17 financial year are published at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017<\/a>.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>School<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2016-17 funding<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Willenhall Community Primary School<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,821,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Stretton CE Primary School<\/p><\/td><td><p>£956,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College<\/p><\/td><td><p>£5,962,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Individual school allocations for 2017-18 will be published later this year. The formulae that local authorities have used to distribute funding to schools this year are published at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-block-funding-formulae-2017-to-2018\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-block-funding-formulae-2017-to-2018<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We recently consulted on a national funding formula for schools. We believe that the current funding arrangements are unfair and we remain committed to changing them.<\/p><p>We received over 25,000 responses to the consultation. We are grateful to all those who expressed their views on school funding and the proposed formula as part of this process. We will publish the response to the consultation in due course. Until then, we are unable to confirm the funding each school will receive in future years.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much core revenue funding (a) Willenhall Community Primary School, (b) Stretton CE Primary School and (c) Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College in Coventry South constituency received for (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18; and how much funding each of those schools is planned to receive for (A) 2019-20 and (B) 2020-21.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/308", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751283/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Working parents, or parents expecting to start a new job in the next 14 days, who believe they are eligible for 30 hours can make an application through the childcare service. The Department published the guidance document, <em>30 hours free childcare: eligibility<\/em>, which sets out the eligibility requirements for 30 hours free childcare. This is available at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility<\/a>.<\/p><p>A parent can claim 30 hours the term following the child\u2019s third birthday and the term following receipt of their eligibility code from HMRC (whichever is later). This is set out in the Department\u2019s guidance <em>Early years entitlements: operational guidance<\/em> to support local authorities and childcare providers, which is available at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-la-and-early-years-provider-guide\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-la-and-early-years-provider-guide<\/a>.<\/p><p>Further guidance for parents can also be found at: <a href=\"https://childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">https://childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk/<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-07-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has available for parents who find employment after August's 30 free hours application deadline and before the application process reopening for January 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4588", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tracy Brabin"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tracy Brabin"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751290", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751290/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We welcome the Commission\u2019s report, published on 28 June, which considers efforts to improve social mobility over the last twenty years. The Commission rightly concludes that too often life chances can be determined not by effort and talents but where you come from, your parents\u2019 situation and what school you attend. The Department will set out further details on policy to tackle this social injustice in due course.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Thanks to the Government\u2019s reforms, there are 1.8 million more pupils in good or outstanding schools than in 2010, and we are delivering three million apprenticeship places, opening up access to our higher education system and investing £500 million a year into technical education.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Improving social mobility requires support from all parts of society: government, employers and civic organisations. Last year, we launched our £72 million Opportunity Area programme. In these 12 social mobility \u2018coldspots\u2019 we are working with a range of local partners to break the link between background and destination. We know these areas face some of the most entrenched challenges, as described by the Social Mobility Commission\u2019s Index last year. Our approach here goes beyond what the Department and central government can do \u2013 extending to local authorities, schools, academy sponsors, local and national businesses, Local Enterprise Partnerships, FE colleges, universities, the voluntary sector, and more.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>I spoke at a Westminster Hall Debate about government policies on social mobility and the Commission\u2019s \u2018Time for Change\u2019 report on 11 July. The debate and my speech are available in Hansard at this weblink: <a href=\"https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-07-11/debates/D9AB2665-13E3-4AE4-90CD-528E30853ED0/SocialMobility\" target=\"_blank\">https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-07-11/debates/D9AB2665-13E3-4AE4-90CD-528E30853ED0/SocialMobility<\/a><\/p>"}
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        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Robert Goodwill"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-07-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Social Mobility"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make a statement in response to the report of the Social Mobility Commission, Social mobility between 1997 and 2017: time for change, published on 28 June 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4356", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Angela Rayner"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Angela Rayner"}
      ], "uin" : "4493"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751297", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751297/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We encourage businesses to look at how to use apprenticeships effectively within their organisations to meet their skills needs, as part of the wider training they provide.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>No existing training scheme can be reconfigured as an apprenticeship and receive public funding unless it meets strict quality and eligibility criteria i.e. it lasts at least 12 months, provides substantial new training for the individual (including a minimum 20% off-the-job training), and meets a recognised framework or standard.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We have reaffirmed our commitment to reach 3 million new apprenticeship starts in England by 2020 and are still on track to meet that - with 1 million starts since May 2015.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anne Milton"}
        }
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for the target figures for the number of apprenticeships of the proportion of businesses that plan to reconfigure existing training into apprenticeships according to the 2017 CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Survey.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Marsden"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Gordon Marsden"}
      ], "uin" : "4625"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751298", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751298/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government will provide an update in due course.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anne Milton"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Guildford"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Anne Milton"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether sixth form colleges will be included in the tertiary education funding review.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Marsden"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Gordon Marsden"}
      ], "uin" : "4626"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751309", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751309/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department is committed to a school system in which all children have access to a good school place. Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) are responsible, on behalf of the Secretary of State, for holding all academies, including multi-academy trusts, to account and will intervene where necessary to bring about rapid improvement.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Re-brokered academies are subject to the same accountability mechanisms as maintained schools, including publication of pupil results in school performance tables. RSCs consider the performance of all academies in their region at appropriate points in the academic year such as at key stages of their growth or following the publication of exam results or Ofsted inspection reports. As part of this, they will monitor pupil attainment and Ofsted grades and make sure that re-brokered academies are receiving sufficient and appropriate support in order to secure the required improvements.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1562", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Robert Goodwill"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of re-brokering academies on pupils' attainment and on schools' Ofsted grades.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4316", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mike Kane"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wythenshawe and Sale East"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mike Kane"}
      ], "uin" : "4748"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751314", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751314/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>A number of apprenticeship standards have been developed by trailblazer groups. The number of starts on standards is published in the further education and skills statistical first release.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The latest publication can be found here:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-and-skills-july-2017\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-and-skills-july-2017<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Previous and future editions can be found here:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr<\/a>.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anne Milton"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Anne Milton"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Trailblazer programme apprenticeships have been commenced.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"}
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