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Written Question
Pre-school Education: Finance
Wednesday 12th July 2023

Asked by: Steve Brine (Conservative - Winchester)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish details of spending of early years entitlement funding by each local authority.

Answered by Claire Coutinho - Shadow Minister (Equalities)

Early years entitlement funding is one of the funding blocks of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). The latest information regarding early years funding is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2023-to-2024.

As part of the annual Section 251 budget return, local authorities return data on their planned early years spending for the next financial year, which is then published by the department. The latest published planned expenditure data is for the 2022/23 financial year and is available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure.

The data collection process for planned expenditure data for the 2023/24 financial year is ongoing and will be published in the autumn of 2023. Local authorities also submit less detailed outturn data regarding spend which is published by the department. The latest available outturn data is for the 2021/22 financial year and can be found in the file named ‘LA expenditure on schools, other education and community’ at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/la-and-school-expenditure/2021-22.

Written Question
Pre-school Education: Finance
Friday 7th July 2023

Asked by: Steve Brine (Conservative - Winchester)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information the Government holds on whether any underspends in childcare funding in local councils have been ringfenced for early years education as of June 2023.

Answered by Claire Coutinho - Shadow Minister (Equalities)

Early years funding is one of the funding blocks of the dedicated schools grant (DSG). Whilst the department does collect information around the total level of DSG underspend from local authorities, specific information regarding which funding blocks within the DSG the underspends have originated from is not collected.

Written Question
Sixth Form Colleges: Investment
Tuesday 15th November 2022

Asked by: Steve Brine (Conservative - Winchester)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there will be further investment funds, such as a new Post-16 capacity fund, for sixth form colleges to bid from in future.

Answered by Robert Halfon

Sixth-form colleges have been eligible to bid into all rounds of the Post-16 Capacity Fund to date, for a share of £238 million to increase the capacity of their estate due to demographic increases in the local 16-19 population. The current bidding round, which will distribute funding secured in this spending review period, closes on 11 November 2022.

Funding beyond this spending review period is subject to consideration in future spending reviews.

Sixth-form colleges are also eligible to bid to the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) for estate expansion projects. The CIF 2023/24 application round is currently open for applications, and eligible sixth form colleges have been invited to submit an application.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 18 Jul 2022
BTEC Qualifications

"I am fortunate to have Peter Symonds College in my constituency. It is one of the biggest in England and it educates about 4,500 young people. Many of its students progress to higher education or to skilled employment after studying an applied general qualification such as a BTEC. Does the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 18 Jul 2022
BTEC Qualifications

"Further to my earlier intervention on the hon. Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova), if the Government wish to proceed with this, they have the right to do so—if they can convince the House that it is the right thing to do. However, young people have had enough anxiety over …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 18 Jul 2022
BTEC Qualifications

"As usual, my hon. Friend is making a very thoughtful speech. In Hampshire, we have a tertiary system: we have big sixth-form colleges and very few sixth forms attached to state secondary schools. UTCs are an important element of choice that maintains the system that has worked well and served …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Secretary of State and his excellent Minister for their drive for quality in this sector. Those of us on the all-party parliamentary group on childcare and early education will study carefully the consultation put out today, but can the Secretary of State say what discussions he has …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Mar 2022
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Review

"Not surprisingly, there are some excellent proposals of real substance in the Green Paper. I think they will give people hope. I also think it important that the Secretary of State said people should not need to fight the system, but the truth is that, when it comes to access …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Mar 2022
Schools White Paper

"I had my latest session with Hampshire County Council on Friday to go through every school in my constituency. The Secretary of State will be pleased to know that every single one is good or outstanding—the last one will be there very soon.

I am concerned about access to child …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Jan 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"T4. The main issue in schools across Hampshire at the moment is SEND provision. There is a major increase in need as more students obtain their education, health and care plans, but a significant shortfall in personnel, even though the funding is in place. Will the Minister meet me and …..."
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