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1653569

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date	17/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children below school age spend (a) 30 to 39 hours and (b) 40 hours or more per week in a formal childcare setting broken down by age of child in England for which the latest data is available.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Miriam Cates
uin	194603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2023 answer text <p>The department does not publish the data required to answer this question. A range of related data is available in the 2022 childcare and early years survey of parents in England. This is a long-standing, nationally representative survey of 6,000 parents of children aged 0-14, with the latest data published on 27 July 2023. The survey can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 01/08/2023 10:51:57 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4865 label Biography information for Miriam Cates

1653571

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment: Mothers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of mothers in the workforce who would prefer to work fewer hours or not at all to enable them to provide childcare to their children.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Miriam Cates
uin	194604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The reporting year 2021 ‘Childcare and early years survey of parents’ has findings on parents’ views on ideal working arrangements. The results of this survey are available at: <a href="https://www.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents/2021" target="_blank">https://www.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents/2021</a>, including table 8.12. In 2021, 39% of working mothers of 0-14 year olds stated they would give up work to look after their children, and 58% would work fewer hours, if they could afford it.</p><p>The department recognises the valuable role that informal and family childcare arrangements play in supporting working parents, giving them additional flexibilities. The department is determined to support as many families as possible with access to high-quality, affordable childcare, which is why the Spring Budget 2023 announced the single largest investment in childcare ever. There are no current plans to look at the potential merits of introducing an individual childcare budget to support parents with informal childcare arrangements.</p><p>In 2021 children under one spent a median of 17.4 hours per week (note very small sample sizes) and one-year-olds a median of 18 hours per week in formal childcare. This data is not published broken down by household income. Table 1.7, also taken from reporting year 2021 ‘Childcare and early years survey of parents’, contains further information. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are no figures available for 2020. Data for 2022 is due to be published on 27 July 2023.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 194606 194607 question first answered 25/07/2023 12:22:10 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4865 label Biography information for Miriam Cates

1652532

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Pilot Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which local authorities have been invited to to take part in the simplification pathfinder pilot.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Miriam Cates
uin	193818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The government has published a plan for simplifying the funding landscape for local authorities. This publication follows the commitment within the landmark Levelling Up White Paper, to deliver a more transparent, simple, and accountable approach to funding</p><p><br>The funding simplification pathfinder pilot will test the streamlined delivery of some DLUHC capital funding. All ten local authorities currently in receipt of funding from all three of the following DLUHC-administered capital programmes are eligible to participate in the pilot:</p><ul><li>Future High Streets Fund</li><li>Town Deal funding</li><li>Regeneration funding from round one of the Levelling Up Fund</li></ul><p>We will shortly be publishing further information about the Simplification Pathfinder Pilot, including the authorities that have confirmed their participation in the pilot.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 20/07/2023 13:06:24 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4865 label Biography information for Miriam Cates

1645074

registered interest
date	15/06/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust: Gender Identity Development Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the last new paediatric patient attended their first appointment at the Tavistock and Portman NHS foundation trust gender and identity development service.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Miriam Cates
uin	189887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. However, no new first assessment appointments have been offered by the Gender Identity Development Service at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust since the end of March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/06/2023 15:05:16 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4865 label Biography information for Miriam Cates

1604600

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing the full or partial value of the free childcare hours entitlement to be paid to informal childcare providers such as grandparents.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Miriam Cates
uin	166399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the early years sector and, at Spring Budget, announced an extra £4.4 billion of investment by 27-28 for the free hours offers in England. Through this package, the government will be more than doubling its spend on free childcare hours.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are required by legislation to deliver free early education entitlements places through providers registered on the Ofsted Early Years Register. This can include nurseries, childminders (including those registered with a childminder agency) and schools which take children aged two and over and which are therefore exempt from registration with Ofsted as early years providers.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises that relatives do an incredibly important job in a child’s upbringing and can also help families meet their childcare needs. However, to ensure quality early education, free childcare entitlements cannot be used to pay family members to look after children.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/03/2023 09:45:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4865 label Biography information for Miriam Cates