@prefix rdf: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix api: . @prefix parl: . rdfs:label "Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "60" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Education" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Education" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Education" ; parl:hansardHeading "Academies: Multi-academy Trusts" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that schools take the leading role in deciding whether to (a) form and (b) join a multi-academy trust." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Walsall North" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Eddie Hughes" ; parl:uin "276587" ; dcterms:date "2019-07-12"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

All future funding decisions on our early education entitlements will be taken as part of the forthcoming Spending Review.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Stratford-on-Avon" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Nadhim Zahawi" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-07-16"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-07-16T10:48:24.077Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has had many discussions with the Chancellor about a range of issues across the department. Spending plans beyond 2019-20 will be set at the next Spending Review and we cannot pre-empt these decisions. The department is committed to securing the right deal for early years education.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Stratford-on-Avon" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Nadhim Zahawi" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-07-16"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-07-16T10:22:56.383Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The department published the ‘Early years providers cost study: 2018’ in February 2019, which shows that the mean hourly delivery cost for children under 2 years old in England is £5.18. This figure should be treated with caution due to the small sample size. Data is not available for the UK due to survey coverage and is not available at a regional level or local authority level due to small sample sizes.

The data is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-providers-cost-study-2018.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Stratford-on-Avon" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Nadhim Zahawi" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-07-16"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-07-16T11:41:10.023Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "60" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Education" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Education" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Education" ; parl:hansardHeading "Children: Day Care" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of the (a) opening and (b) closure of childcare settings in (a) affluent and (b) disadvantaged areas." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Hampstead and Kilburn" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Tulip Siddiq" ; parl:uin "276259" ; dcterms:date "2019-07-11"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The process to become an academy is school led, with schools’ Local Governing Bodies taking the initiative to apply to their Regional School Commissioners’ office on whether to join an existing academy trust, or form one with partner schools. The only exception to this, where the department takes a leading role, is where a school is judged as ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted, as the law requires the Secretary of State to make an order enabling the school to become an academy.

The department aims to ensure that all schools considering becoming academies are able to join strong academy trusts, and this has historically been supported through trust capacity funding. Ultimately, our ambition is for every school that wants to, to benefit from the autonomy and freedom to innovate that academy status offers, and for schools to collaborate through strong academy trusts.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Stratford-on-Avon" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Nadhim Zahawi" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-07-17"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-07-17T14:43:33.64Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Rachael Maskell" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "60" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Education" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Education" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Education" ; parl:hansardHeading "Pre-school Education: Finance" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor for the Exchequer on increasing funding for early years education in the forthcoming spending review." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Hampstead and Kilburn" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Tulip Siddiq" ; parl:uin "276255" ; dcterms:date "2019-07-11"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

We are determined to give every child, regardless of their background, the very best start in life. Free school meals are key to this and we want all parents whose children are entitled to them to apply for them. The continuing provision of free school meals to children from out of work families or those on low incomes is of the utmost importance to this government. We want to make sure as many eligible pupils as possible are claiming their free school meals, and to make it as simple as possible for schools and local authorities to determine eligibility.

To support this, we provide an Eligibility Checking System to make the checking process as quick and straightforward as possible for schools and local authorities. We have developed a model registration form to help schools encourage parents to sign up for free school meals. We also provide guidance to Jobcentre Plus advisers so that they can make Universal Credit recipients aware that they may also be entitled to wider benefits, including free school meals.

We understand there are some concerns that schools could be missing out on valuable pupil premium funding due to under registration for free school meals. However, school census data shows that the introduction of Universal Infant Free School Meals has not adversely affected infant registration rates.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Stratford-on-Avon" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Nadhim Zahawi" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-07-16"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-07-16T16:28:30.227Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "60" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Education" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Education" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Education" ; parl:hansardHeading "Primary Education: Free School Meals" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that the provision of free school meals to all infant school aged children does not adversely affect (a) the allocation of and (b) level of registration for pupil premium funding." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Ipswich" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Sandy Martin" ; parl:uin "276288" ; dcterms:date "2019-07-11"^^xsd:dateTime . skos:prefLabel "House of Commons" . parl:answerText "

We want parents to have access to a range of affordable childcare, giving them increased flexibility in their working hours and helping children thrive in the crucial early years. That is why the Department for Education is investing £3.5 billion in early education offers this year alone, more than any previous government.

The ‘Steps to Sustainability’ report makes a valuable contribution to our knowledge base about early education and childcare. We continue to monitor the provider market closely through a range of projects which provide insight into various aspects of the provider market.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Stratford-on-Avon" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Nadhim Zahawi" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-07-16"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-07-16T10:52:56.063Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

In 2018, we announced a programme of work to explore ways of supporting disadvantaged families during school holidays.

We received 94 applications for funding from organisations across the country for a share of £2 million. Following a 2-stage competitive bid assessment process, we awarded funding to the 7 highest scoring organisations: Feeding Britain, Family Action, Street Games UK, On Side Youth Zones, Children North East, Birmingham Holiday Kitchen and TLG. The 87 unsuccessful organisations were notified and offered feedback on their application.

Building on the 2018 programme we quadrupled funding and strengthened the programme to encourage co-ordination in local communities so that even more disadvantaged children can benefit.

Applications were invited from organisations to act as a coordinator in a specific local authority area. We received 92 applications and selected 11 for funding, including at least one in each of the 9 English regions. As with 2018, unsuccessful bidders were all notified and feedback was offered.

The purpose of this programme is to allow us to gather more evidence about the scale of the issue, the most effective ways of tackling it, and the costs and burdens associated with doing so. As a result, we will be able to make an evidence-based decision about whether and how we should intervene in the longer term.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Stratford-on-Avon" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Nadhim Zahawi" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-07-16"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-07-16T16:09:43.517Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The Partners in Practice programme includes one Community Interest Company (Achieving for Children) and one independent Trust (Doncaster Children’s Services Trust). No funding has been provided from the Partners in Practice programme to assist with the setting up of these arrangements.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Stratford-on-Avon" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Nadhim Zahawi" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-07-16"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-07-16T16:21:18.08Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "60" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Education" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Education" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Education" ; parl:hansardHeading "Children: Day Care" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will maintain Government funding for the 30-hours childcare policy." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Hampstead and Kilburn" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Tulip Siddiq" ; parl:uin "276256" ; dcterms:date "2019-07-11"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "60" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Education" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Education" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Education" ; parl:hansardHeading "Children: Day Care" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the childcare sector in the last five years; and if he will make a statement." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Hampstead and Kilburn" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Tulip Siddiq" ; parl:uin "276258" ; dcterms:date "2019-07-11"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Tulip Siddiq" . parl:answerText "

The information requested is not held centrally. The department’s annual childcare and early years provider survey provides an estimate on the size of the early years’ workforce. Based on the 2018 survey findings, there are an estimated 430,500 staff working in early years provision (including staff in school nurseries and reception classes). This information is available at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/788753/Survey_of_Childcare_and_Early_Years_Providers_2018_Main_Summary.pdf.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Stratford-on-Avon" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Nadhim Zahawi" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-07-16"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-07-16T11:08:23.047Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Eddie Hughes" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "60" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Education" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Education" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Education" ; parl:hansardHeading "Holiday Activities and Food Programme" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) titles, (b) amount awarded and (c) reasons for decisions were for the (i) unsuccessful and (ii) successful bids for grant funding from the Holiday Activities and Food Programme for the summer holidays in (A) 2018 and (B) 2019." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "South Shields" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck" ; parl:uin "276204" ; dcterms:date "2019-07-11"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "60" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Education" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Education" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Education" ; parl:hansardHeading "Nurseries: Babies" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the average nursery costs for children under two years old in (a) the UK, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) York in the most recent period for which figures are available." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "York Central" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Rachael Maskell" ; parl:uin "276230" ; dcterms:date "2019-07-11"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Ofsted publishes termly data on childcare providers and inspections. This statistical release confirms the number of providers that have registered with Ofsted (joiners) and the number that have left (leavers) in the relevant period. No data is published on trends of childcare settings opening and closing in affluent areas compared to disadvantaged areas.

As at 31 March 2019, there were 76,600 childcare providers registered with Ofsted, down by 1% (600) since December 2018. However, the overall number of childcare places increased by 3,200 since December 2018. This information is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childcare-providers-and-inspections-as-at-31-march-2019/childcare-providers-and-inspections-as-at-31-march-2019-main-findings.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Stratford-on-Avon" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Nadhim Zahawi" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-07-16"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-07-16T11:21:05.617Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Sandy Martin" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "60" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Education" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Education" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Education" ; parl:hansardHeading "Children: Day Care" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the APPG for Childcare and Early Education July 2019 report entitled Steps to Sustainability; and if he will make a statement." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Hampstead and Kilburn" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Tulip Siddiq" ; parl:uin "276257" ; dcterms:date "2019-07-11"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "60" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Education" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Education" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Education" ; parl:hansardHeading "Children: Social Services" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support Partners in Practice has provided to each local authority to help establish (a) Trust models and (b) Community Interest Companies in relation to local authority children's services departments." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "South Shields" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck" ; parl:uin "276202" ; dcterms:date "2019-07-11"^^xsd:dateTime . a api:Page ; "10"^^xsd:long ; "1"^^xsd:long ; "176"^^xsd:long ; dcterms:isPartOf ; api:definition ; api:extendedMetadataVersion ; api:items ( ) ; api:page "0"^^xsd:long ; ; . a api:ListEndpoint ; dcterms:hasPart ; api:definition .