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...Andrew Imran Ahmad Khan (Wakefield) (Con) Stuart Andrew Nickie Aiken (Cities of London and Westminster) (Con) Stuart Andrew Tahir Ali (Birmingham, Hall Green) (Lab) Mark Tami Lucy Allan (Telford) (Con) Stuart Andrew Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting) (Lab) Mark Tami Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab) Mark Tami Sir David Amess (Southend West) (Con) Stuart Andrew Fleur Anderson (Putney)...
...Atkins Gareth Bacon Richard Bacon Kemi Badenoch Shaun Bailey Siobhan Baillie Duncan Baker Steven Baker Harriett Baldwin Steve Barclay John Baron Simon Baynes Aaron Bell Scott Benton Paul Beresford Jake Berry Saqib Bhatti Bob Blackman Crispin Blunt Peter Bone Peter Bottomley Andrew Bowie Ben Bradley Karen Bradley Suella Braverman Jack Brereton Andrew Bridgen Steve Brine Paul Bristow Sara...
Vicky Ford: Since its introduction in 2014, the department has provided over £140 million to local authorities to support local implementation of Staying Put, including £33 million in 2020/21 (an increase of £9 million (40%) from 2019/20). This has helped thousands of young people to remain with their former foster carers for longer and make a more gradual transition to independence. Funding for...
Vicky Ford: ...will be made available as soon as possible. We continue to work with the early years sector to understand how they can be best supported to ensure that sufficient safe, appropriate and affordable childcare is available for those returning to work now, and for all families who need it in the longer term. Local authorities are best placed to monitor and manage their local childcare market...
Vicky Ford: Our supplier Edenred reported that over £380 million worth of voucher codes had been redeemed into supermarket eGift cards by schools and families through the scheme, as of 19 August 2020. This funding was in addition to existing free school meal budgets. The number and proportion of students who qualify for free school meals is published in the ‘Schools, pupils and their...
Vicky Ford: Levelling up outcomes for disadvantaged children is a priority for the government, and the Sutton Trust report rightly highlights that the early years of a child’s education are crucial. That is why the government has prioritised getting children back into nurseries as quickly as possible, where they can be fully supported during this crucial period for their development. Since 1 June 2020,...
Vicky Ford: Since 2018, we have committed more than £60 million to programmes to improve early language and literacy. Additionally, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, we are spending up to £9 million of the National Tutoring Programme fund during the 2020/21 academic year on the Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI), a robustly evidenced programme proven to improve oral language skills. The...
Vicky Ford: At the Spending Review 2020, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a £44 million investment for the 2021-22 financial year, to enable local authorities to increase hourly rates paid to childcare providers for the government’s free childcare entitlement offers: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2 020-documents. Further details and...
Vicky Ford: The department made an award of a contract to Edenred pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(c) Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to provide extremely urgent deliverables as part of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The contract was let as a direct award using the terms of an existing Crown Commercial Service framework. The department are using the open book arrangement in this contract to request...
Vicky Ford: The monthly figures on the number of child protection referrals that were made to children’s social care services in England, up to March 2020, are published in the ‘Characteristics of children in need’ statistical release: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-sta tistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need. The Vulnerable Children and Young People Survey collects...
Vicky Ford: ‘Foster Care in England’, the 2017 independent review of foster care, was clear that the current legislative framework is fit for purpose: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foster-care-in-en gland. The reviewers did not recommend a change to the current employment status of foster carers. Their assessment was consistent with that of the Education Select Committee in determining...
Vicky Ford: On 20 January 2020, the Department for Education launched a new scheme which makes free period products available for state-funded primary schools, secondary schools and colleges in England. This scheme is in place to ensure that no learner misses out on education due to their period. Schools and colleges should have period products available should learners need them. Schools may choose to...
Vicky Ford: I refer the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn to the answer I gave on 7 December 2020 to Question 123656.
Vicky Ford: The department does not hold a central register of all wraparound provision or routinely collect data on closures of providers. The department does not, therefore, have a recent assessment of the effect of closures on the learning and development of children. However, we recognise that before and after-school provision plays an important role in providing enriching activities for children and...
Vicky Ford: Now that schools and their kitchens are open, the provision of healthy, nutritious meal options for all children who are in school has resumed. Meals should be available free of charge to all infant pupils, and pupils who meet the benefits-related free school meals eligibility criteria. Schools should work with their existing suppliers to support eligible pupils who need to be at home due to...
...Andrew Imran Ahmad Khan (Wakefield) (Con) Stuart Andrew Nickie Aiken (Cities of London and Westminster) (Con) Stuart Andrew Tahir Ali (Birmingham, Hall Green) (Lab) Chris Elmore Lucy Allan (Telford) (Con) Mark Spencer Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting) (Lab) Chris Elmore Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab) Chris Elmore Sir David Amess (Southend West) (Con) Stuart Andrew Fleur Anderson...
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...Atkins Gareth Bacon Richard Bacon Kemi Badenoch Shaun Bailey Siobhan Baillie Duncan Baker Steven Baker Harriett Baldwin Steve Barclay John Baron Simon Baynes Aaron Bell Scott Benton Paul Beresford Jake Berry Saqib Bhatti Bob Blackman Crispin Blunt Peter Bone Andrew Bowie Ben Bradley Karen Bradley Graham Brady Suella Braverman Jack Brereton Andrew Bridgen Paul Bristow Sara Britcliffe James...
Vicky Ford: ...at the peak of the pandemic in the spring, we were one of very few countries in the world to keep schools and colleges and early years open for vulnerable children. As the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) said, keeping those schools and colleges open is critical for children’s wellbeing, as well as for their education. Since September, our priority has been ensuring that those...
Vicky Ford: Growing Up Well is a Shared Outcomes Fund project worth £11.8 million over 3 financial years, between 2020/21 and 2022/23. It will identify, and test, data and digital innovations that will improve outcomes for disadvantaged and vulnerable families with children aged 0 to 5. The project will focus on improving the family user experience of early years services; improving local level...