Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Feb 2019
Free Childcare: Costs and Benefits
"It is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. May I begin by saying how apt it is to be discussing childcare and early education this week when many Members and, perhaps more unfairly, the staff who work in this place will have had to organise last- …..."Tracy Brabin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Feb 2019
Free Childcare: Costs and Benefits
"I absolutely agree and I will probably pick up later on the idea that, despite the welcome alignment of men and women’s pension age, some women are coming to me and saying, “I can’t look after my daughter’s children, so she can’t go back to work, and I’m having to …..."Tracy Brabin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Feb 2019
Free Childcare: Costs and Benefits
"Will the Minister accept that in order to keep the lights on, some smaller nurseries have had to ask parents for top-ups, such as baking birthday cakes and selling them, or even taking in ironing in order to keep their business going?..."Tracy Brabin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"Since 2010, the number of state nurseries in deficit has soared. One in five is now in the red and dozens have had to close. Transitional funding will soon run out and they face serious uncertainty about their future. Last week, I visited Harewood nursery, a much-loved maintained nursery in …..."Tracy Brabin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Jan 2019
Maintained Nursery Schools
"This is my first time winding up a debate, and what an important debate it has been.
I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell), who is such an extraordinary supporter of maintained nursery schools and the early years sector more widely. Her campaigning …..."Tracy Brabin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Jan 2019
Maintained Nursery Schools
"I would like to steer the Minister towards some fantastic research—if he has not seen it already—from the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire maintained nurseries. It contains empirical evidence about the value to local authorities of maintained nurseries and the impact of their closure. It provides clear evidence that we need to …..."Tracy Brabin - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 28th January 2019
Asked by:
Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the proportion of early years providers that are co-operatives.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
Information on early years providers that are co-operatives is not held centrally.
The department’s Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers collects data on group-based providers, maintained providers and childminders. The survey is published annually.
Written Question
Monday 28th January 2019
Asked by:
Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the specific funding needs of early-years settings in deprived communities where provision is almost exclusively local authority funded.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
We will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support in 2019-20 – a record amount. That includes funding for our free early education entitlements, on which we plan to spend around £3.5 billion this year alone.
The government’s Early Years National Funding Formula allocates funding to local authorities for the purpose of delivering our early years entitlements. Our new formula was introduced in April 2017 following extensive consultation and it includes an additional needs factor to weight funding according to disadvantage.
To accompany the government response to the consultation, we published an Equalities Impact Assessment looking into the effects of the formula on specific groups. Both documents may be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/early-years-funding-changes-to-funding-for-3-and-4-year-olds.
We also require local authority funding formulas, which allocate funding to providers, to have a mandatory deprivation supplement.
The government recognises the need to keep the evidence base on costs up to date. We continue to monitor the provider market closely through a range of regular and one-off research projects which provide insight into various aspects of the provider market.
Written Question
Monday 14th January 2019
Asked by:
Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childminder agencies there are; and how many childminders are members of childminder agencies.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Social Mobility Commission’s recent survey revealed a deep unease at the gap between the rich and poor, with the public believing that the Government, employers and schools are not doing enough. The Secretary of State’s response to this urgent problem is to make £2 million available for more research, …..."Tracy Brabin - View Speech
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