Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support school-based nurseries.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

School-based nurseries are a key part of this government’s opportunity mission, delivering on our Plan for Change by expanding high-quality early education across our brilliant early years market in England. 300 schools have been awarded up to £150,000 to repurpose their unused space to open or expand a school-based nursery, totalling £37 million. This funding will create up to 6,000 new childcare places, most of which are expected to be available from September 2025. This is a first step to making more childcare places available and accessible so parents can take-up the funded childcare they are entitled to. These new and expanded nurseries will help boost access to quality childcare and early years education.

The department has published guidance for schools on setting up a high-quality early years learning environment and are exploring what further support can be provided to successful schools who may be new to early years provision. The department is also delivering programmes to support the sector to attract talented staff and childminders by creating conditions for improved recruitment, alongside programmes to better utilise the skills of the existing workforce. We are working closely with the early years sector and local authorities to develop the next steps to achieving this manifesto commitment.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disclosure orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act the National Crime Agency has (a) sought and (b) been granted in each of the last three years.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office)

The NCA has several well-established powers under Part 8 (investigations) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, which they may use to compel information during an investigation including production orders, customer information orders and disclosure orders. These allow relevant law enforcement agencies to obtain information on property, individuals and customer details in support of investigations.

The use of these powers remains an operational decision which will be taken on a case by case basis by the relevant law enforcement body and the Home Office does not hold central data on the extent of their use.

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