Ben Goldsborough MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Pre-school Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the proportion of funding for commercial early years providers that comes from voluntary contributions.
Answer: As the entitlements are expanded, it is vitally important that they remain accessible and affordable for families.Providers can ask parents to pay for consumables. However, in line with a recent High Court judgment, charges must not be mandatory or a cond...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FoodDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the updated school food standards promote the procurement of food from local producers and growers.
Answer: The department is engaging with stakeholders on revising the school food standards, to ensure they support our work to create the healthiest generation of children in history.Schools are responsible for their school meals service and how and where they ch...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to compare best practice in (a) the UK and (b) other countries in the development of its policies on early years provision.
Answer: The department meets with Ministers and officials from across the UK and other nations to discuss developments, approaches and best practice in the provision of early education and childcare. International evidence, such as the OECD’s Education at a Glanc...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential impact of early years education in (a) schools and (b) non-school sites on educational outcomes.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.The 2024 Department for Education Provider Survey shows tha...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of full-time early years places at school-based nurseries.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.The 2024 Department for Education Provider Survey shows tha...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department calculated the funding rate for each (a) child and (b) age group for early years provision.
Answer: The hourly funding rate for the early years entitlements varies to reflect the costs of delivering provision to different ages. The department knows, from listening to the sector and from our own regular research, that the cost of delivery is highest for ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: DisadvantagedDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the disparity in progress 8 attainment between students who (a) are and (b) are not eligible for free school meals (i) in South Norfolk constituency and (ii) n
Answer: Too many children are held back by their background, with gaps between disadvantaged children and their peers opening early and widening throughout their education. These gaps are not acceptable, which is why the Opportunity Mission will break the link be...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFoster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support children in foster care and (b) the work of foster carers (i) in South Norfolk constituency and (ii) nationally.
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring that every child in care grows up with the love, care and support they need to achieve and thrive. All foster carers receive the National Minimum Allowance (NMA) to cover the costs of looking after the children in t...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: NorfolkDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding her Department has allocated for special educational needs provision by Norfolk County Council since the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.Following the Autu...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Waiting ListsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children and young people who were waiting for an Education, Health and Care Plan decision after (a) less than six months, (b) six months to a year, (c) on
Answer: The department publishes official statistics on Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans annually, which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans. This includes data at local auth...
Answered 3 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many families with a child with (a) special educational needs and (b) pathological demand avoidance have been issued with a (i) parenting order, (ii) education supervision order, (iii) school attendance ord
Answer: The information requested is not held by this department. The department collects aggregate data on the use of parenting orders, education supervision orders and penalty notices from local authorities in England through the annual parental responsibility ...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
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