Written Question
Friday 10th February 2023
Asked by:
Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will will make an estimate of the number of parents who are unable to access their entitlement to free childcare because the only available places are at nurseries that require the purchase of additional hours as a condition of accessing the free hours.
Answered by Claire Coutinho
- Shadow Minister (Equalities)
The department’s statutory guidance for local authorities advises that providers can charge for additional hours or services outside of the free entitlement hours, but this cannot be a condition for a parent to access a place. The guidance is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/718179/Early_education_and_childcare-statutory_guidance.pdf.
The department does not collect data on parents who choose not to take up a place due to additional charges.
Parents who want to access their free hours entitlement without paying for additional costs should contact their local authority if they are having difficulty finding a place. Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure sufficient 30 hours free childcare places under the Childcare (Free of Charge for Working Parents) (England) Regulations 2022. The regulations are available at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1134/made/data.pdf.
Written Question
Friday 10th February 2023
Asked by:
Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that parents are able to access 30 hours of free childcare without having to purchase extra hours.
Answered by Claire Coutinho
- Shadow Minister (Equalities)
The department’s statutory guidance for local authorities advises that providers can charge for additional hours or services outside of the free entitlement hours, but this cannot be a condition for a parent to access a place. The guidance is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/718179/Early_education_and_childcare-statutory_guidance.pdf.
The department does not collect data on parents who choose not to take up a place due to additional charges.
Parents who want to access their free hours entitlement without paying for additional costs should contact their local authority if they are having difficulty finding a place. Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure sufficient 30 hours free childcare places under the Childcare (Free of Charge for Working Parents) (England) Regulations 2022. The regulations are available at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1134/made/data.pdf.
Written Question
Friday 10th November 2017
Asked by:
Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an agreement on future partnership and (b) no agreement with the EU; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Following the referendum in June 2016, the Department for Education continues to make rigorous preparations for a range of possible outcomes from the UK's negotiations with the EU.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"Page 50 of the Conservative party manifesto says:
“We will replace the unfair and ineffective inclusivity rules that prevent the establishment of new Roman Catholic schools”.
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Sep 2016
Schools that work for Everyone
"Does my right hon. Friend agree that academic excellence is a good in and of itself, and therefore that something that is academically the best is worth having and that everything else around it is fundamentally secondary? I also congratulate her on opening up faith schools. That will be particularly …..."Jacob Rees-Mogg - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 20 Nov 2015
Compulsory Emergency First Aid Education (State-funded Secondary Schools) Bill
"My hon. Friend is making an important point. What people do voluntarily they do with more enthusiasm than that which they are ordered to do by the state. Is it not right therefore that that is a better model?..."Jacob Rees-Mogg - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 20 Nov 2015
Compulsory Emergency First Aid Education (State-funded Secondary Schools) Bill
"Following on from what my hon. Friend has been saying, does he agree that this is actually a very bureaucratic response requiring lots of guidance from the Secretary of State? It is back to the bad old days of schools being lumbered with endless instructions and directives from Whitehall...."Jacob Rees-Mogg - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 20 Nov 2015
Compulsory Emergency First Aid Education (State-funded Secondary Schools) Bill
"My hon. Friend is making the crucial point that people might have had first aid training at school, but many of them will have left school quite a long time ago. What efforts does he think could be made, without resorting to heavy-handed legislation, to encourage people to renew those …..."Jacob Rees-Mogg - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 20 Nov 2015
Compulsory Emergency First Aid Education (State-funded Secondary Schools) Bill
"My hon. Friend has suggested something that would break my rule of not legislating for specific subjects; to have Latin on the curriculum must be an advantage...."Jacob Rees-Mogg - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 20 Nov 2015
Compulsory Emergency First Aid Education (State-funded Secondary Schools) Bill
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