Asked by: Lord Touhig (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to publish the full results of the pilots of the measures to be implemented under the Childcare Bill [HL]; and if so, when the results will be published.
Answered by Lord Nash
We have announced that we will bring forward the implementation of the additional 15 hours of free childcare to September 2016 for some working families in some areas. More details on the early roll-out, including the timescale, where it will take place and who will be eligible will be announced in due course.
Asked by: Lord Touhig (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government over what period of time the pilots of the measures to be implemented under the Childcare Bill [HL] will run in 2016.
Answered by Lord Nash
We have announced that we will bring forward the implementation of the additional 15 hours of free childcare to September 2016 for some working families in some areas. More details on the early roll-out, including the timescale, where it will take place and who will be eligible will be announced in due course.
Asked by: Lord Touhig (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government who will be invited to take part in the pilots of the measures to be implemented under the Childcare Bill [HL] in 2016.
Answered by Lord Nash
We have announced that we will bring forward the implementation of the additional 15 hours of free childcare to September 2016 for some working families in some areas. More details on the early roll-out, including the timescale, where it will take place and who will be eligible will be announced in due course.
Asked by: Lord Touhig (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the terms of reference for the pilots planned for 2016 of the measures to be implemented under the Childcare Bill [HL].
Answered by Lord Nash
We have announced that we will bring forward the implementation of the additional 15 hours of free childcare to September 2016 for some working families in some areas. More details on the early roll-out, including the timescale, where it will take place and who will be eligible will be announced in due course.
Asked by: Lord Touhig (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government in which areas of the country pilots will be trialled in preparation for the implementation of the measures contained in the Childcare Bill [HL].
Answered by Lord Nash
We have announced that we will bring forward the implementation of the additional 15 hours of free childcare to September 2016 for some working families in some areas. More details on the early roll-out, including the timescale, where it will take place and who will be eligible will be announced in due course.
Asked by: Lord Touhig (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many pilots will be trialled in 2016 in preparation for the implementation of the measures contained in the Childcare Bill [HL].
Answered by Lord Nash
We have announced that we will bring forward the implementation of the additional 15 hours of free childcare to September 2016 for some working families in some areas. More details on the early roll-out, including the timescale, where it will take place and who will be eligible will be announced in due course.
Asked by: Lord Touhig (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Freud on 3 June (HL Deb, col 508), what form the engagement with the church will take, and whether it will take place before the Education and Adoption Bill is introduced.
Answered by Lord Nash
Department for Education officials meet with representatives of the Church of England and Catholic Church on a regular basis to discuss the impact of Government policy on their schools. They will continue such engagement during the passage of the Education and Adoption Bill.
Asked by: Lord Touhig (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to review the 50 per cent cap on faith-based admissions to free schools.
Answered by Lord Nash
The government has no plans to review the 50 per cent limit of faith based admissions to free schools and new provision academies.
Asked by: Lord Touhig (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the funding for secure children's homes will be ring-fenced to maintain places.
Answered by Lord Nash
Secure children’s homes (SCHs) are children’s homes that provide a locked environment and restrict a young person’s liberty. They provide care and accommodation to children and young people who have been placed there on welfare grounds by local authorities and the courts. They also accommodate and care for children and young people who have been detained or sentenced by the Youth Justice Board (YJB), and those who have been remanded to secure local authority accommodation.
Funding for local authorities to purchase welfare beds is included in the Revenue Support Grant given to local authorities and is not ring-fenced, in line with our general policy to increase the control that local authorities have over their budgets to meet local needs.
The YJB has a series of block-bed contracts with nine SCHs across England and Wales. A recent tendering exercise let a number of new two-year contracts.
The latest statistics on SCHs published on 4 June 2014 show that there were 298 approved places in England and Wales at 31 March 2014, an extra two places since 31 March 2013. These statistics are available online:
www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/317365/SFR14-2014_Text.pdf