Asked by: Lucy Allan (Conservative - Telford)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many eligibility codes for 30 hours of free childcare have been (a) generated and (b) validated in Telford and Wrekin.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The number of eligibility codes for 30 hours free childcare that have generated and validated in Telford and Wrekin, as of data published on 8 January, is in the table below:
LA Name | Eligibility codes issued by 8th January | Eligibility codes validated by 8th January |
Telford and Wrekin | 1168 | 825 |
Please note, codes issued relates to the local authority where the parent is resident. Codes validated relates to the local authority where the code was checked. These are not always the same as some parents may use the code in a bordering local authority.
Asked by: Lucy Allan (Conservative - Telford)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will remove the 50 per cent faith admissions cap.
Answered by Anne Milton
The department plans to respond to the proposals regarding the establishment of new faith free schools as set out in the consultation document, Schools that work for everyone, in due course.
Asked by: Lucy Allan (Conservative - Telford)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of people qualifying for the 15-hour free childcare for the most disadvantaged two-year-olds have taken up that provision in the borough of Telford and Wrekin.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
As at January 2017, take up of the 2-year-old entitlement in Telford and Wrekin is 79%.
This is 12 percentage points above the average in the East Midlands, and eight percentage points above the average in England. Take up in Telford and Wrekin has increased by 15 percentage points since 2015.