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747102

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
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, what assessment she has made of the effect on the ability of working parents to access services of the difference in opening hours and term dates between maintained and non-maintained childcare and early education providers.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	2309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We encourage all providers to offer childcare that works for everyone. Many providers that cannot or do not want to run provision from 8.00 a.m. until 6.00 p.m. throughout the year work in partnership to make this kind of offer available to parents. We have supported this approach, for example by publishing practical advice on working in partnership, and by allowing childminders to spend up to half of their time working on non-domestic premises.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, local authorities have a statutory duty to secure sufficient childcare for working parents for children aged 0-14 (or up to 18 for disabled children). They should report annually to elected council members on how they are meeting this statutory duty, and make this report available to parents.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities must also maintain a service that provides information to parents and prospective parents on the provision of childcare in their area, and, from 1 September 2017, publish this information on the local authority’s website and update it at least termly.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/07/2017 15:45:55 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

747104

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
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, what assessment she has made of the effect of the apprenticeship levy on the budgets of non-maintained childcare and early education providers.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	2310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Apprenticeship Levy will be paid by all UK employers with an annual pay bill of over £3 million and is charged at 0.5% of an employer’s annual pay bill.</p><p>The Apprenticeship Levy supports our commitment to reaching 3 million apprenticeship starts in England by 2020. Employers in England who pay the levy will have an apprenticeship account. This is an online service that enables levy-paying employers to receive levy funds to spend on apprenticeships, manage their apprentices and pay their training provider.</p><p>It is for individual employers to calculate the impact of levy payments on their budgets.</p><p> </p><p>No employer that pays the levy will lose out if they take advantage of the opportunity to re-invest the money in high quality apprenticeship training.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for employers on paying the levy can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pay-apprenticeship-levy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pay-apprenticeship-levy</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 10/07/2017 16:49:31 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

746783

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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, what the timetable is for software allowing early years providers to check eligibility for 30-hours free childcare to be available for use.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	1958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education has provided £2.15m funding to enable local authorities to develop IT solutions for automated eligibility code-checking for 30 hours free childcare. By automating the validation of 30 hours eligibility codes we aim to reduce any administrative burdens on the Early Years providers and local authorities. The Department has delivered this funding to develop IT solutions in addition to providing the existing ability to check eligibility codes via a web browser.</p><p> </p><p>Some local authorities have chosen to use software suppliers for their IT solutions and the Department for Education is unable to intervene in these individual commercial relationships. However, the Department has previously discussed with the software suppliers their capability to deliver IT solutions to check 30 hours eligibility codes prior to September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>As of 29 June 2017, 109 local authorities have fully developed and accredited their IT solutions and the Department for Education forecast is that 150 local authorities will have IT solutions implemented by the end of August 2017.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/07/2017 13:37:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

746784

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of a reduction in the number of childminders on the implementation of her Department's 30-hours free childcare policy.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	1959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>Childminders are a valuable part of the childcare sector and we want to see them play a full role in delivering the 30 hours childcare entitlement. In our early implementer areas, providers have been able to meet the parental demand for 30 hours, with many childminders working in partnership with other providers to deliver a flexible offer.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring childminders have the support they need to deliver all the free entitlements and in the most recently published census data for provision under fives, we were pleased to see an increase in the number of childminders delivering free places for three and four year olds. The census data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622632/SFR29_2017_Text.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622632/SFR29_2017_Text.pdf</a>.</p><p>Our recent reforms are designed to make it easier to work as a childminder and support the profession. These reforms included making it easier for childminders to access government funding, and to work for up to 50% of their time on non-domestic premises. They also refocus the Childcare Business Grant Scheme solely on childminding businesses.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/07/2017 13:48:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

746845

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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, what assessment she has made of the administrative burden on local authorities arising from the Government's 30-hours free childcare policy.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	2085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We are increasing our annual investment in the free early year’s entitlements by £1 billion per year by 2019-20. This includes over £300 million a year for a significant increase to Government funding rates.</p><p>We conducted a full public consultation on the delivery model for implementing the expansion of the free childcare entitlement to 30 hours for working parents of 3 and 4 year-olds, and published the Government response in November 2016 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/565668/Government_response_-_30_hours_delivery_consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/565668/Government_response_-_30_hours_delivery_consultation.pdf</a>.</p><p>In March 2017, we published a model agreement, which clearly sets out the Department’s expectations on what should be included in provider agreements for delivery of the free entitlements.</p><p>We are engaging regularly with local authorities; both directly and through our delivery contractor: Childcare Works, to ensure appropriate awareness of the 30 hour duty, and to support local authorities to deliver 30 hours.</p><p>We will continue to work closely with local authorities to implement the changes required for the 30 hours free childcare entitlement.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/07/2017 16:55:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

746846

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to encourage local authorities to offer business rate relief to non-maintained childcare and early-education providers.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	2086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>At the Budget, the Government announced a £435 million package of support to help those businesses most in need of support following the revaluation. It included £110 million to support rate-payers losing small business rates relief and rural rate relief as a result of the 2017 revaluation, as well as a £300 million discretionary relief fund for local authorities to help local businesses. Additionally, if a non-maintained childcare and early-education provider is also a registered charity for business rates purposes it may also qualify for relief.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 04/07/2017 16:30:39 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

746847

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of business rate increases on the financial sustainability of non-maintained childcare and early-education providers.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	2087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has not undertaken an assessment of the revaluation on the financial sustainability of non-maintained childcare and early-education providers. However, rateable values of nursery premises are taken into account in the amount of early years funding provided to local authorities for them to distribute to providers.</p><p>At the Budget, the Government announced a £435 million package of support to help those businesses most in need of support following the revaluation. It included £110 million to support rate-payers losing small business rates relief and rural rate relief as a result of the 2017 revaluation, as well as a £300 million discretionary relief fund for local authorities to help local businesses. Additionally, if a non-maintained childcare and early-education provider is also a registered charity for business rates purposes it may also qualify for relief.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 11/07/2017 10:21:57 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 1912 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

733038

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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, what plans she has to ensure that children with (a) special needs and (b) disabilities are not excluded from childcare.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	1516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting equality and inclusion for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and this is underpinned by clear requirements in the Early Year Foundation Stage (EYFS) and the Equality Act.</p><p>We introduced a new targeted early years Disability Access Fund, worth £12.5 million (£615 per eligible child), as part of the Early Years National Funding Formula (EYNFF) in April 2017. The EYNFF also requires local authorities to set up a Special Educational Needs Inclusion Fund to support more strategic use of funding at a local level.</p><p>To ensure high quality support for children with SEND, our Early Years Workforce Strategy, published March 2017, sets out how we will ensure that staff can access the training and development they need. This includes developing a qualification by 2018 for early years staff who want to specialise in SEND.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/07/2017 09:36:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

733039

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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, what steps she is taking to ensure that every parent is better off working once they have paid for childcare.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	1517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We are increasing spending on childcare support to over £6 billion per year by 2019-20, more than any other government. This includes our offer of 15 hours free childcare a week for all three and four-year-olds, as well as more disadvantaged two year olds, which is worth around £2,500 per child per year (for parents using the full 15 hours). We are also helping with up to 85 per cent of childcare costs for working parents on Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>And we are going further by doubling free childcare, from 15 to 30 hours per week for nearly 400,000 working parents of three and four-year-olds, saving those using the full 30-hour entitlement around £5,000 a year. We are also introducing Tax-Free Childcare, worth up to £2,000 per eligible child per year and up to £4,000 for disabled children.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/07/2017 09:40:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

731520

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents have signed up for the Tax-Free Childcare scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>As of 22 June 2017, the Tax-Free Childcare helpline has answered over 80,000 phone calls from parents and over 40,000 calls from childcare providers. The average call response time is 4 seconds.</p><p>As of 22 June 2017 almost 50,000 parents had successfully applied for Tax-Free Childcare and over 40,000 childcare providers had signed up.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2017, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that there would be 790,000 families using TFC by the end of 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 222 223 224 225 question first answered 26/06/2017 15:23:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq