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819924

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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, how many eligibility codes for 30 hours of free childcare have been issued for the January term in (a) the England, (b) each region of England and (c) each local authority area in England.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	121996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>As of 8 January 2017, 326,068 eligibility codes for 30 hours of free childcare had been issued for the spring term as published in the management information release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated" target="_blank">30 hours free childcare eligibility codes issued and validated: January 2018</a>. The publication also includes a local authority breakdown and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated</a>.</p><p> </p><p>See below for a breakdown of issued codes by region:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Eligibility codes issued by </strong> <strong>8 January 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH EAST</p></td><td><p>14,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH WEST</p></td><td><p>50,584</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER</p></td><td><p>33,304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST MIDLANDS</p></td><td><p>30,541</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEST MIDLANDS</p></td><td><p>34,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST OF ENGLAND</p></td><td><p>34,473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>INNER LONDON</p></td><td><p>12,925</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OUTER LONDON</p></td><td><p>26,168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH EAST</p></td><td><p>53,163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH WEST</p></td><td><p>35,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>326,068</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2018 17:25:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

819926

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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, what proportion of eligibility codes for 30 hours of free childcare issued for the January term have been validated in (a) England, (b) each region of England and (c) each local authority in England.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	121998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>As of 8 January 2018, 266,494 eligibility codes for 30 hours of free childcare had been issued for the spring term as published in the management information release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673119/30-hours_childcare_management_information_stats-_Jan_2018.pdf" target="_blank">30 hours free childcare eligibility codes issued and validated: January 2018</a>. The publication also includes a local authority breakdown and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>See below for a breakdown of validated codes by region:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Eligibility codes validated by</strong> <strong>8 January 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH EAST</p></td><td><p>12,833</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH WEST</p></td><td><p>42,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER</p></td><td><p>27,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST MIDLANDS</p></td><td><p>24,251</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEST MIDLANDS</p></td><td><p>28,889</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST OF ENGLAND</p></td><td><p>27,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>INNER LONDON</p></td><td><p>9,624</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OUTER LONDON</p></td><td><p>18,834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH EAST</p></td><td><p>43,176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH WEST</p></td><td><p>30,784</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>266,494</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2018 17:17:31 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

819945

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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, when he plans to provide more information on extending the eligibility for 30 hours of childcare to foster children.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	122017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>As Minister for Children and Families and my hon. Friend, the Member for Scarborough and Whitby (Robert Goodwill), announced during the Westminster Hall debate on 19 December 2018, the department is working to allow foster carers to access the additional 30 hours free childcare for their foster children where it is right for the child.</p><p>The department is working with local authorities, fostering service providers, fostering charities and foster carers themselves to develop plans for delivery. More detail will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2018 17:37:49 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

819955

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the role of maintained nursery schools in tackling educational inequalities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	122027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools (MNS) are commonly located in disadvantaged areas and all but one is rated good or outstanding by Ofsted. We are providing around £60 million a year of supplementary funding to enable local authorities to maintain funding rates for MNS until at least 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2018 17:39:34 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

819959

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Warrington North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) children eligible for free school meals in the Warrington North constituency and (b) children who would be eligible if the plans in the consultation on eligibility for free school meals are implemented.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	122031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>This information is published in the underlying data: SFR28/2017 of the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release, available here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p><p>We estimate that the proposals outlined in the consultation will lead to an extra 50,000 children across the county receiving free school meals compared to today’s number of claimants. The analysis is not available at constituency level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2018 17:22:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

819032

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Wakefield City Academies Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for School Standards on the 6 November 2017, Official Report, column 1178, whether the resources and support provided includes the return of reserves that were transferred from schools to Wakefield City Academies Trust before its collapse.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Wakefield City Academies Trust has chosen to take a trust-wide perspective of its finances, and is working with the Department for Education to ensure all 21 academies transfer to incoming trusts in a way that secures the financial future for each school and the education of their pupils. We are working with all of the schools and the preferred new trusts to determine appropriate support and resources, including funding, so that each of the schools has what is required to improve pupil outcomes. Our priority is to transfer the schools to trust that will be able to ensure every child receives an excellent education.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2018 17:50:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

819038

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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, what the average weekly cost was of a childcare place in Greater London in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	121715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The department collects data on the weekly cost of childcare through our regular parent surveys. These can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-childcare-and-early-years" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-childcare-and-early-years</a>.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2018 17:35:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

819121

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of academies founded between January 2010 and June 2014 have voluntarily signed up to the national school food standards.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	121798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Statutory School Food Standards apply to local authority maintained schools, academies that opened prior to September 2010 and academies and free schools in England entering into a funding agreement from June 2014.</p><p>All new academies are expected to meet the food standards. Over 1400 academies, founded between September 2010 and June 2014, are voluntarily following the standards and we encourage the remaining schools to commit to them.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2018 17:49:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

818816

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Sheffield Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children in Sheffield Central constituency who are currently eligible for free school meals who would not be considered eligible under plans in the consultation entitled Eligibility for free school meals and the early years pupil premium under Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	121580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>We are currently consulting on proposals for free school meals eligibility under Universal Credit. We will consider the responses to the consultation carefully and will continue to refine our analysis as our policy on this matter develops.</p><p>Currently around 1.1 million of the most disadvantaged children are eligible for and claim a free nutritious meal. This government provides significant funding to ensure the most disadvantaged children receive free school meals. <br> <br> Under our proposals, no existing recipients of free school meals should lose their entitlement following the introduction of new eligibility criteria. We have proposed protection arrangements to ensure that every pupil who is eligible and receiving free school meals at the point at which the criteria are changed (or any claimants who gain free school meals during the rollout of Universal Credit) should be protected against losing their meals whilst Universal Credit is fully rolled out nationally. In addition, any protected pupils who are still receiving free school meals once the Universal Credit transition is complete would continue to receive protection until the end of their current phase of education.</p><p>In our proposed net earnings threshold, we estimate that around 50,000 more children will become entitled to free school meals than at present, enabling us to target support towards a greater number of families on low incomes. It is right that we make sure that free school meals reach children from the most disadvantaged families, and we are consulting on this issue to make sure this is the case.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/01/2018 17:26:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

818822

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 120011, whether she has made an assessment of the accuracy of the Ever 6 model in establishing entitlement to Pupil Premium in schools with growing pupil rolls; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	121586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The department counts the numbers of pupils eligible for pupil premium using a single census point in January to enable it to allocate pupil premium to schools by June. This gives certainty to schools about their pupil premium budget to allow them to plan it’s use effectively.</p><p>To make in-year adjustments to reflect the movement of pupils would introduce uncertainty. The EVER6 FSM measure is designed as a proxy measure to reflect relative deprivation in schools and is not intended to allocate a specific amount to an individual pupil. Schools have the ability to use their pupil premium allocation flexibly to meet the various needs of all eligible pupils. The funding model does take into account growing pupil numbers for schools that are newly opened or are continuing to grow by year group following opening. The department rarely receives queries from schools on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 121589 question first answered 11/01/2018 17:35:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman