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1433456

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of private for-profit groups acquiring nurseries in England on (1) the stability of the nursery sector, and (2) the quality of provision.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL6220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>65% of early years childcare places in England are provided by private, voluntary, and independent group-based providers in a market-based system. The key measure of market health monitored by the department is whether the supply of available places is sufficient to meet the requirements of parents and children. This is monitored rather than whether changes occur in the number and type of providers, which is typically a feature of a healthy, competitive market.</p><p>The majority of eligible two, three, and four-year-olds have continued to access free childcare despite the challenges faced throughout the COVID-19 outbreak. Local authorities are not reporting any substantial sufficiency or place supply issues that they are unable to manage locally. The department has not seen a substantial number of parents saying that they cannot secure a childcare place, either this term or since early years environments re-opened fully on 1 June 2020.</p><p>97% of early years childcare providers are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted.</p><p>The department continues to evaluate the sufficiency and quality of childcare provision. It also endeavours to help local authorities, parents, and early years providers to ensure the sustainability of the sector.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 07/03/2022 15:23:19 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1156593

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the freedom of information request which details how nursery rates are calculated will be published by the Department of Education.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>We want every child to have the best start in life, which is why we are spending around £3.5 billion on early education entitlements this year and plan to spend over £3.6 billion on these offers next year.</p><p>We are aware of the Information Commissioner Office’s decision and are considering our response.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/11/2019 17:48:45 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1111173

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent nursery providers have contacted him to raise concerns about the viability of the funded 30 hour childcare entitlement on their nurseries.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	243304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring all parents who are eligible for the 30 hours free childcare entitlement are able to take up a place that suits their childcare needs.</p><p>Data from the National Statistics release ‘Education Provision for Children Under 5 Years of Age in England (January 2018)’ suggests around 3 out of 4 eligible children have taken up some extended hours, however it is not possible to generate an equivalent figure at local authority level due to the relatively small population that we are estimating within sub-national geographies. As at 31 January 2019, 5,728 30 hours eligibility codes had been issued in West Sussex for the Spring term, 5,144 of these had been validated and as at 28 March 2019 5, 230 children were taking up a place in the West Sussex.</p><p>We plan to spend around £3.5 billion on our early education entitlements this year alone – more than any other government. Our funding rates for the early education entitlements were based on our Review of Childcare Costs, described as “thorough and wide ranging” by the National Audit Office. We recognise the need to keep our evidence base on all aspects of early years sector costs up to date and we continue to monitor the provider market closely through a range of regular and one off research projects. That included the 2018 Early Years Provider Costs report which looked at a representative sample of providers, both in terms of provider type and geography, and gives an insight into various aspects of the provider market.</p><p>Data published by Ofsted in November 2018 shows that the number of childcare places available has remained broadly stable since 2012. Since the rollout of 30 hours commenced in September 2017, the sector has risen to the challenge with more than 340,000 3 and 4 year old children benefitting from a place and we receive contact regularly from the sector on this and associated topics. We are now in the second year of national delivery and an estimated 325,000 children were in a 30 hours place in the spring term 2019 – this is an increase on the spring term 2018 and 92% of the codes were issued. Although childcare providers do not have to offer the free 30 hours, our 2018 Providers Survey shows that the majority of providers in England with 3 to 4 year olds are offering and delivering 30 hours.</p><p>The data relating to the number of children receiving 30 hours in England is published within tables 5LA and 7LA in the ‘Education Provision for Children under 5 Years of Age (January 2018)’ statistical publication, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 243302 243303 243305 question first answered 16/04/2019 11:20:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

997094

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are putting in place to ensure sufficient supply of nursery places for families living in rural and coastal areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL11098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to secure sufficient childcare for families in their local areas. The department will continue to support all local authorities to deliver the government’s childcare offers and ensure sufficient places, through direct support from departmental officials and our delivery partners. In September 2018, we also announced a year extension to the Childcare Works contract, which will see continued support being provided to local authorities and childcare providers in helping to deliver the government entitlements.</p><p> </p><p>The department is committed to ensuring all parents have access to high-quality affordable childcare. We recognise that providers and families living and operating in rural communities are faced with particular barriers to delivering and accessing childcare. That is why under the new early years national funding formula introduced in 2017, local authorities can use a rurality or sparsity supplement in their local funding formulae.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 12/11/2018 14:45:22 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

678567

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Ofsted on (a) recent closures of nurseries due to safety concerns and (b) the effectiveness of (i) pre-scheduled and unscheduled site inspections.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	61731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>I recently met Ofsted’s Deputy Director for Early Years to discuss a range of issues on the regulation of childcare, including inspection arrangements and the quality standards of childcare providers. Departmental officials have regular business meetings with the Ofsted early years team and brief me on all developments as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental Ministers discussed and agreed the new system of inspections with Ofsted prior to Ofsted launching the Common Inspection Framework in September 2015. The framework covers the arrangements for both scheduled inspections and unscheduled inspections based on an assessment of risk. The framework and inspection guidance can be viewed on Ofsted’s website from the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/common-inspection-framework-education-skills-and-early-years-from-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/common-inspection-framework-education-skills-and-early-years-from-september-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 31/01/2017 17:42:48 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

671712

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding from the transitional protection for maintained nursery schools will each local authority area receive in each year for which that funding is available.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	59692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>Supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools, worth £55m a year, will be provided to local authorities at least until the end of this Parliament. This will enable them to maintain the current levels of funding for these schools, which play an important role in the social mobility of the children and families that they serve.</p><p> </p><p>Indicative Early Years National Funding Formula allocations for local authorities for 2017-18 can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-national-funding-formula-allocations-and-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-national-funding-formula-allocations-and-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>To ensure that local authorities receive the correct funding for their nursery schools, we will be undertaking a data assurance exercise to verify current expenditure levels in those authorities with maintained nursery schools. Once this has been completed, we will update allocations for individual local authorities in early summer.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/01/2017 17:50:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

524438

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of the existing 15 hours of free childcare that is provided by nurseries that are (a) private, (b) voluntary and (c) independent.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	40248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is presented within the Main tables: SFR20/2015 at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provision-for-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2015" target="_blank">Provision for children under 5 years of age: January 2015 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2-year-olds can be found within Table 1a and for 3- and 4-year-olds, within Table 2a.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/06/2016 13:36:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

222912

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve childcare infrastructure; and how much LIBOR funding has been used for that purpose.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	224990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises that many military units, both in the UK and overseas, have evolved without the same standard of purpose-built childcare facilities that civilian families can expect. That is why the Chancellor announced in 2013 that up to £20 million of LIBOR money would be provided to update existing childcare facilities and provide new purpose-built buildings on the Defence Estate.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2014 the Prime Minister announced that around £3 million of this money will be spent on a childcare project at the RAF base in Akrotiri, Cyprus. In addition, initial scoping undertaken by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has identified a further 38 locations where this money could increase the accessibility or availability of childcare provision for the Service community. MOD officials are now working to establish the levels of funding required for each project and announcements will be made in due course. It is anticipated the full £20 million will be used.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/03/2015 16:32:32 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

100690

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nursery places his Department offers; how many applications there have been for those places in each year since 2010; and how many of the nursery places are occupied.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	211775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 3 March 2014, (Official Report, column 720W) to the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 211788 question first answered 28/10/2014 17:55:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20140303 - Hansard extract Maternity Leave.doc title 20140303 - Hansard extract on Maternity Leave
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

100790

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nursery places his Department offers; how many applications have there been for such places in each year since 2010; and how many such places currently on offer are occupied.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	211788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 3 March 2014, (Official Report, column 720W) to the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 211775 question first answered 28/10/2014 17:55:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20140303 - Hansard extract Maternity Leave.doc title 20140303 - Hansard extract on Maternity Leave
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish