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1088480

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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, (a) on how many occasions and (b) on what dates the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families has visited (i) a maintained nursery school, (ii) a private, voluntary and independent nursery, (iii) a children's centre and (iv) any other childcare setting since his appointment to that role.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	232065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>I regularly visit early education settings and meet with a wide range of providers. Since my appointment in January 2018, I have visited the following settings:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Hindley Nursery School, Wigan – 18 January 2018.</li><li>Noah’s Ark Pre School, Little Explorers Nursery, Staffordshire – 1 March 2018.</li><li>Busy Bees Nursery, Westminster – 10 April 2018.</li><li>Rothesay Nursery School, Luton – 26 April 2018.</li><li>Lanterns Nursery School, Hampshire – 24 May 2018.</li><li>Rodney House School, Manchester (2-11 special school) – 5 July 2018.</li><li>Yew Tree Community School and Nursery, Oldham – 15 November 2018.</li><li>Tree House Family Hub, Essex – 29 November 2018.</li><li>Childminder setting, Bromley – 24 January 2019.</li><li>Nad al Hammar Kindergarten, Dubai (World Government Summit) – 11 February 2019.</li><li>Manchester City Football Academy, Manchester (observed session on integration of literacy and early language communication development into sport) – 28 February 2019.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/03/2019 19:03:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1012280

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to recent data from the Office for Budget Responsibility, whether he plans to allocate the estimated underspend on tax-free childcare to the Department for Education to spend on early years education.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	194699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting families and we will be spending around £6 billion every year by 2019/20 on childcare support – more than ever before.</p><p> </p><p>We expect awareness and take-up of Tax-Free Childcare to increase in line with OBR forecasts as we continue to increase communications promoting the offer, including the launch of a national marketing campaign in September 2018</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/11/2018 13:40:10 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1010577

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have reported technical issues with tax-free childcare payments to his Department as of October 2018; and how those people so affected will be compensated.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	193504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The vast majority of parents apply for and use their childcare accounts without problems. Where parents have experienced technical issues that impact them financially, HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that they do not miss out as a result. Where parents report technical issues with their Tax-Free Childcare payments, HMRC pay compensation to reimburse them for any missed government top-up.</p><p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has received 4,560 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service. HMRC does not hold information on the breakdown of the complaints in relation to Tax-Free Childcare payments specifically.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/11/2018 16:54:32 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1010578

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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, with reference to findings of his Department's Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers, published 1 November 2018, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the loss of 8,800 childcare providers since 2016; and what steps his Department is taking to prevent further decreases in the number of childcare providers.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	193505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Whilst the 2018 Childcare and Early Years Provider survey has shown a decrease in the number of providers since 2016, this has not impacted on parents being able to find a childcare place and, with the introduction of 30 hours, we had no reported sufficiency issues. Ofsted also publishes census data on the actual number of providers entering and leaving the market. Their latest published data based on registrations at 31 August 2018, confirms there is a downward trend in the number of providers registered with them, which primarily relates to childminders leaving the Early Years Register. Despite this, Ofsted’s official statistics confirm that the overall number of childcare places available has remained broadly stable since August 2012. They also show a small rise in the number of group-based providers in the most recent statistical period between 31 March 2018 and 31 August 2018. This information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-providers-and-inspections-as-at-31-august-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-providers-and-inspections-as-at-31-august-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/11/2018 16:40:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

973319

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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 respond to the research report, Evaluation of the first year of the national roll-out of 30 hours free childcare, commissioned by his Department and published on 11 September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	174791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>As with the independent reports from the early delivery of 30 hours, the department will use evidence from the evaluation report to inform and support the future delivery of 30 hours free childcare.</p><p>More than 340,000 children benefitted from a 30 hours place throughout the first year of delivery. The year one evaluation found that 30 hours is making a real difference to family finances, with 78% of parents reporting they had more money to spend since taking up the offer.</p><p>We have just announced a year extension to our contract with the delivery contractor, Childcare Works. We will continue to work with them to disseminate the learning from the evaluation report to local authorities and childcare providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/10/2018 13:26:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

973372

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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, with reference to his Department's publication entitled 30 hours free childcare: evaluation of the national rollout, published on 11 September 2018, support his Department plans to provide the 39 per cent of childcare providers who took part in the evaluation and reported a reduction in their profit or surplus due to the extended hours.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	174793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>By 2019-20 we will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support – a record amount. This includes around £1 billion extra a year to deliver 30 hours of free childcare and fund the increase in hourly rates that we introduced in April 2017. Our average funding rates are based on the department’s ‘Review of Childcare Costs’ which was described as “thorough and wide ranging” by the National Audit Office.</p><p>More than 340,000 children have benefitted from our 30 hours offer over its first year.</p><p>The childcare market is a mixed economy and different providers have different business models. Providers do not have to offer the 30 hours entitlement if they do not wish to. This year one evaluation demonstrates that, of the sample of providers offering 30 hours, the majority either had no change in their profit or surplus or actually increased their profits. The latest Ofsted data from March 2018 showed that the number of non-domestic providers has remained stable.</p><p>We have worked with early years partners to provide materials and support to help childcare providers remain sustainable and develop their businesses. In addition, earlier this year we allocated a total of £7.7 million to 147 local authorities through our Delivery Support Fund. This funding was to support authorities to work with their local providers to ensure sustainable delivery of 30 hours and included funding to provide specific business support.</p><p>We will use the findings from the year one evaluation to support future delivery of 30 hours. This month we announced a year extension to our Childcare Works contract and will continue to work with them to support local authorities and childcare providers to deliver the government entitlements, including 30 hours free childcare.</p><p>We are currently undertaking work to review delivery costs and this report is another useful addition to our evidence base.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 174794 question first answered 11/10/2018 08:03:08 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

973378

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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, with reference to his Department's publication, Evaluation of the first year of the national rollout of 30 hours free childcare, published in September 2018, whether he plans to provide additional funding to ensure that childcare providers do not suffer a loss in profit or report that they are only breaking even as a result of offering extended hours of childcare.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	174794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>By 2019-20 we will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support – a record amount. This includes around £1 billion extra a year to deliver 30 hours of free childcare and fund the increase in hourly rates that we introduced in April 2017. Our average funding rates are based on the department’s ‘Review of Childcare Costs’ which was described as “thorough and wide ranging” by the National Audit Office.</p><p>More than 340,000 children have benefitted from our 30 hours offer over its first year.</p><p>The childcare market is a mixed economy and different providers have different business models. Providers do not have to offer the 30 hours entitlement if they do not wish to. This year one evaluation demonstrates that, of the sample of providers offering 30 hours, the majority either had no change in their profit or surplus or actually increased their profits. The latest Ofsted data from March 2018 showed that the number of non-domestic providers has remained stable.</p><p>We have worked with early years partners to provide materials and support to help childcare providers remain sustainable and develop their businesses. In addition, earlier this year we allocated a total of £7.7 million to 147 local authorities through our Delivery Support Fund. This funding was to support authorities to work with their local providers to ensure sustainable delivery of 30 hours and included funding to provide specific business support.</p><p>We will use the findings from the year one evaluation to support future delivery of 30 hours. This month we announced a year extension to our Childcare Works contract and will continue to work with them to support local authorities and childcare providers to deliver the government entitlements, including 30 hours free childcare.</p><p>We are currently undertaking work to review delivery costs and this report is another useful addition to our evidence base.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 174793 question first answered 11/10/2018 08:03:08 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

973387

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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 steps he is taking to ensure that 30 hours free childcare is (a) flexible and (b) free of additional charges for those who are eligible.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	174795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>We want to ensure that 30 hours free childcare is flexible and meets parental need. That is why the offer can be ‘stretched’, by taking fewer hours per week over more than 38 weeks of the year to cover term-time and the school holidays. For example, 23 hours could be offered over 48 weeks of the year and can be delivered at weekends. We are also encouraging partnerships between providers to support flexible provision. Our operational guidance emphasises that children should be able to take their free hours as part of continuous provision and providers should avoid artificial breaks in the day wherever possible.</p><p>We are clear that government funding intends to deliver 30 hours of high quality childcare and that providers are able to charge parents for additional extras such as meals or consumables. These charges cannot be a condition of a place and providers should ensure that their charging policies are transparent, so parents can make informed decisions on their choice of childcare.</p><p>Evidence from the evaluation of the first year of national rollout of 30 hours free childcare, showed that 68% of providers offering the extended hours did not change their parent paid fees or introduce or increase additional charges because of these hours.</p><p>We have announced a year extension to our delivery contractor, Childcare Works, and will continue to work with them to monitor the delivery of 30 hours free childcare in the second year of national rollout.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/10/2018 09:27:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

930980

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department offers families in receipt of universal credit to meet the cost of childcare deposits.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	157204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>DWP continues to continuously improve the Universal Credit experience for claimants and to ensure that they are supported throughout their journey. For those with children, this includes ensuring that help with up front childcare costs is available for Universal Credit households with a low income.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants with a firm job offer can claim Universal Credit Childcare costs up to 1 month prior to starting work to enable their children to settle into a new routine. We also offer extra support to enable parents to pay upfront childcare costs or deposits: for example, claimants may be eligible to receive an advance of their future Universal Credit entitlement, which is interest free. Work coaches and claimants work together to ensure that, where this is taken up, repayments are affordable and manageable.</p><p> </p><p>If a budgeting advance is not appropriate, the Flexible Support Fund may also provide assistance. Payments from this fund are non-repayable, and are managed locally to provide tailored and targeted support for claimants to move into work.</p><p> </p><p>From February 2018, Universal Credit claimants have been able to upload digital copies of their childcare cost receipts or invoices through their online Universal Credit account: most claimants reporting their in-month childcare costs are not asked to provide further evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 157205 157206 157617 157618 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:24:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

930984

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the waiting time for the reimbursement of upfront childcare deposits for families in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	157206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>DWP continues to continuously improve the Universal Credit experience for claimants and to ensure that they are supported throughout their journey. For those with children, this includes ensuring that help with up front childcare costs is available for Universal Credit households with a low income.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants with a firm job offer can claim Universal Credit Childcare costs up to 1 month prior to starting work to enable their children to settle into a new routine. We also offer extra support to enable parents to pay upfront childcare costs or deposits: for example, claimants may be eligible to receive an advance of their future Universal Credit entitlement, which is interest free. Work coaches and claimants work together to ensure that, where this is taken up, repayments are affordable and manageable.</p><p> </p><p>If a budgeting advance is not appropriate, the Flexible Support Fund may also provide assistance. Payments from this fund are non-repayable, and are managed locally to provide tailored and targeted support for claimants to move into work.</p><p> </p><p>From February 2018, Universal Credit claimants have been able to upload digital copies of their childcare cost receipts or invoices through their online Universal Credit account: most claimants reporting their in-month childcare costs are not asked to provide further evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 157204 157205 157617 157618 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:24:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq