Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Sarah Teather and Brandon Lewis

Monday 16th January 2012 Commons Chamber

[Sarah Teather]

I agree with the premise of the hon. Gentleman’s question. Many child minders are of a high quality, so I would hesitate to sweep all child minders together. Unfortunately, there are issues of quality across the piece that we need to work on. We are consulting on a new basket of measures to ensure that, working with local authorities, we can raise quality. We are aware that there is a particular issue with disadvantaged areas, which often do not have as much choice or as good provision. It is a priority for us to ensure that the two-year-olds who really need this money benefit from it.

[Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth) (Con)]

15. What progress his Department has made on work to reduce the administrative burden on teachers.