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821482

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many authorised pupil absences for illness were there in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each (i) spring term and (ii) autumn term in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	122400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The accompanying table provides the number of absence sessions due to illness in state-funded primary and secondary schools in each spring and autumn term, for the 2010/11 to 2016/17 academic years.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/01/2018 17:55:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name PQ122400_TSiddiq.xlsx title Sessions of pupil absence for illness
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

821504

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the roles and responsibilities of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of States in his Department are.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	122422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>I have been appointed as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families at the Department of Education, and my responsibilities will be confirmed in due course.</p><p>Lord Agnew is the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System. His responsibilities currently include:</p><ul><li>a strong school system (including free schools, academies, multi-academy trusts, university technical colleges, studio schools, faith schools, independent schools, home education, supplementary schools)</li><li>tackling school underperformance</li><li>school improvement (including teaching school alliances, national and local leaders of education and school improvement funds)</li><li>school governance</li><li>school capital investment (including new school places, school maintenance, land and playing fields)</li><li>tackling extremism in schools and colleges</li><li>behaviour and attendance, exclusions and alternative provision.</li></ul> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/01/2018 17:26:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

821512

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities' children’s services departments are now (a) independent trusts and (b) community interest companies; and what the associated costs were of setting up each of those trusts and companies.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	122430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>There are currently two independent trusts established with support from this department: the Doncaster Children’s Service Trust (established in October 2014) and Slough Children’s Services Trust (established in September 2015). The department paid £2.9 million and £3.3 million towards set up costs for Doncaster and Slough respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Sunderland County Council established a community interest company, Together for Children, in April 2017. The department’s contribution to the set up costs for this company was £2.5 million.</p><p> </p><p>‘Achieving for Children’ (AfC) is also a community interest company that was established in 2014 to provide services for Richmond and Kingston. It was established independently from the department and we did not contribute to its set up. AfC receive money through the Partners In Practice programme and has recently expanded into a third local authority (Windsor and Maidenhead).</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/01/2018 17:29:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

821544

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of children in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England who are (i) eligible and (ii) not eligible for free school meals have achieved school readiness standards at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	122462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The data requested is published in table 6 of the additional tables by pupil characteristics within the ‘Early years foundation stage profile results: 2016 to 2017’ statistical first release available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2016-to-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/01/2018 17:23:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

821556

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	122474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The department has no fleet vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/01/2018 17:47:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

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