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781365

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for staff; how much his Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office do support the provision of childcare facilities for employees. If staff are based in London, they can apply for a place on the Westminster Holiday Playscheme which is provided by a third party. Children aged 4 years 9 months to 12 years are eligible to attend the playscheme, which runs during school holidays. If staff are based outside London and use a playscheme close to their home, the department will help with the cost of using the playscheme as long as the supplier is registered to provide childcare services. The cost of the playscheme is shared between the department and the parent.</p><p> </p><ol><li>Overall expenditure on the playscheme facilities for last financial year 2016/17 totalled £2,828.00</li><li>The department contributed an average of £78.56 per child during financial year 16/17, with a total of 27 staff using the facilities.<p> </p></li></ol> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/11/2017 11:44:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

781374

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for staff; how much his Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department subsidises staff to use the Westminster Play scheme run by Tinies, a holiday play scheme covering school holidays.</p><p>During the last year there have been a total of 5 holiday sessions covered by the scheme. During this time a total of 9 Department employees with 10 children have benefited from the scheme. Unfortunately we are unable to provide a cost per child however the total cost to the Department for the scheme during this period was £691.50, which averages out at £69.15 per child.</p><p /> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 03/11/2017 15:30:45 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 20079 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

781378

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what childcare facilities her Department makes available for staff; how much her Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not centrally held and to obtain it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Westminster Holiday Playscheme (​WHP​)​, a school holiday service run by Tinies Kids Clubs, is available to civil servants of specific government departments including DCMS. DCMS offers WHP childcare facilities to all staff with a 50% subsidy.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/11/2017 09:40:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

781383

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for staff; how much his Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Child care is primarily the responsibility of local authorities and they have a remit to ensure that there is sufficient provision to meet the requirements of the parents in their area. However, it is Ministry of Defence (MOD) policy to develop solutions to any evidenced gaps in childcare for all MOD employees, both military and civilian, in the vicinity of its sites and bases. Such schemes are usually managed locally. We are currently reviewing arrangements relating to the provision of childcare for employees.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/11/2017 13:49:54 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

781474

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for staff; how much his Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department organises the Westminster Holiday Play Scheme. This is a childcare facility that takes place during school holidays. It is open to children from the age of 4 years and 9 months up to 15 years’ old. It is run on behalf of a consortium of departments through a contract led and administered by BEIS. It currently operates at 4 London locations. There is a cost of £35 per day per child. The Department meets £18 of this cost for its members of staff with parents/guardians paying the remaining £17.</p><p>Between September 2016 and August 2017 (inclusive) BEIS spent £10,244 on the play scheme. The Department does not have details on the number of individual staff members who made use of the scheme or on the amounts spent per child.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/11/2017 11:44:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

780444

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2017 to Question 109339, on children: day care, what the timetable is for publication of the independent evaluation.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The department will carry out an independent evaluation of 30 hours’ free childcare during the first two terms of national rollout.</p><p> </p><p>We currently have an invitation to tender issued which will close on Thursday 2 November. We will review the bids and appoint an independent contractor to undertake the year one evaluation of 30 hours before the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>Following a scoping exercise the planned timetable for publication of the evaluation will be:</p><ul><li>Research fieldwork: January – May 2018.</li><li>Report publication: by 1 September 2018.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/11/2017 16:38:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

780450

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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, if she will publish all correspondence on the 30 hours free childcare policy which she has had with Suffolk Country Council in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State has had no correspondence with Suffolk County Council on the 30 hours free childcare policy in the past six months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:53:58 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

780454

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2017 to Question 109339, on children: day care, what the timetable is for publication of the independent evaluation.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The department will carry out an independent evaluation of 30 hours’ free childcare during the first two terms of national rollout.</p><p> </p><p>We currently have an invitation to tender issued which will close on Thursday 2 November. We will review the bids and appoint an independent contractor to undertake the year one evaluation of 30 hours before the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>Following a scoping exercise the planned timetable for publication of the evaluation will be:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Research fieldwork: January – May 2018</li><li>Report publication: by 1 September 2018.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:37:37 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

780455

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2017 to Question 109407, on children: day care, which local authorities received funding; and how many projects were awarded that funding.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The funding was allocated to over 350 projects in 123 local authorities (LA) in January 2017 and March 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The successful projects by LA were published here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/early-years-capital-fund-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/early-years-capital-fund-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:39:11 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

778775

registered interest
date	27/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the retention rates are for qualified early years teachers in the East Midlands who began their employment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry, but the information requested is not available as the department does not collect individual level data on qualified early-years staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 110106 110107 110110 question first answered 01/11/2017 17:37:15 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin