Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report entitled, Study of early education and development: the potential value for money of early education, published in July 2017, what sample size was used to calculate the mean hourly delivery cost for a three to four-year old place in the east of England.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The mean hourly delivery cost for a three-four-year old place in the east of England was not used in the Study of Early Education and Development (SEED): the potential value for money of early education, published in July 2017. A mean hourly delivery cost for a three-four-year old place in England was used; this was £3.72. This was taken from the SEED: the cost and funding of early education report, published January 2017.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report entitled Study of early education and development: the potential value for money of early education, published in July 2017, what the median hourly delivery cost was in early years funding for a three-four-year old place in the east of England.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Study of Early Education and Development (SEED): the potential value for money of early education, published in July 2017, used the Study of Early Education and Development (SEED): The cost and funding of early education report, published January 2017. This report calculated the hourly delivery cost of years funding for 3 to 4-year olds. The mean hourly cost for 3 to 4-year-olds place was £3.65 in the east of England. The median and modal averages were not stated in the report.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report entitled Study of early education and development: the potential value for money of early education, published in July 2017, what the modal hourly delivery cost was in early years funding for a three-four-year old place in the east of England.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Study of Early Education and Development (SEED): the potential value for money of early education, published in July 2017, used the Study of Early Education and Development (SEED): The cost and funding of early education report, published January 2017. This report calculated the hourly delivery cost of years funding for 3 to 4-year olds. The mean hourly cost for 3 to 4-year-olds place was £3.65 in the east of England. The median and modal averages were not stated in the report.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will introduce a rurality premium to the per hour delivery cost formula of Early Years Funding for three to four-year old child places.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
We have given local authorities the freedom to determine how they fund their providers, within the constraints of the Schools and Early Years Finance Regulations. As such, we have allowed local authorities to take into account rurality when setting their local funding formulae. This rurality/sparsity supplement is intended to give local authorities the funding flexibility they need to ensure that additional money can be directed to providers who face particular challenges because of their rural locations.