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HANSARDBullying in SchoolsAll children should have access to a calm, safe and supportive school environment. In addition to school behaviours policies that must include measures to prevent bullying, we…17 Jul 2023HANSARDFoster Care PlacementsWe know that we need more foster carers. That is a really important part of our plan, “Stable Homes, Built on Love”, to reform the care system. We are investing £27 million in…17 Jul 2023HANSARDChildcareThat is a huge priority for this Government. The funding that we are setting out will provide parents with support worth, on average, £6,500 a year from maternity leave right up…17 Jul 2023HANSARDFoster Care PlacementsThis is a big priority for me. Some children end up in children’s homes when they should have ended up with foster carers, so we need to recruit more. As I have said, we are…17 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe recently changed the location of the Warrington free school from the Bruche Primary School to a better suited site at Padgate, with the agreement of the local authority and the…17 Jul 2023HANSARDChildcareAs I have mentioned, we are putting the single largest ever investment into childcare over the next few years, to provide funding to settings such as the one she mentioned. We are…17 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsRates for teaching assistants are set by the local authority. Teaching assistants are highly regarded by all of us. As the hon. Lady says, they provide important pastoral care…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Water Safety: Drowning PreventionI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Rob Butler) on securing this important debate. I understand that Sunnah’s mother and grandmother are here with us today,…13 Jul 2023HANSARDEarly YearsFrom 4 July 2022 to 16 September 2022, the Department for Education (DFE) consulted on the following proposed amendments to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory…12 Jul 2023HANSARDEarly Years FundingMy noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education, Baroness Barran, has made the following statement. Today I am confirming the distribution of £204 million…10 Jul 2023HANSARDChildcare Reform PackageI recognise that it has been a challenging few years for the sector. In this piece of work we have surveyed about 10,000 providers, we have a providers’ finance report and we have…28 Jun 2023HANSARDChildcare Reform PackageAt the moment, the way the policy works is that providers have to pass on at least 95%, and can keep 5%, of the funding rates that they are given. Most pass on more—from our…28 Jun 2023HANSARDChildcare Reform PackageI am grateful to my hon. Friend for taking to me to Bright Horizons in Didcot, which was a useful visit. Local authorities have different rates. We will set out funding rates…28 Jun 2023HANSARDChildcare Reform PackageI absolutely will. It was a joy and a delight to visit Imagination nursery, which does outstanding work, and I congratulate it on its recent grade. I will take my hon. Friend’s…28 Jun 2023HANSARDChildcare Reform PackageAs I said, it has been a challenging time for providers, but the work we have done to come up with the hourly rate has been based on a lot of evidence. I do not recognise that…28 Jun 2023HANSARDChildcare Reform PackageI know my right hon. Friend is incredibly passionate about this area, and I share her passion. In the consultation we have set out some flexibilities after talking to the sector;…28 Jun 2023HANSARDChildcare Reform PackageI will of course look at everything we can do to support all settings. As part of the work we did to assess costs, we looked at other costs, including things such as business…28 Jun 2023HANSARDChildcare Reform PackageThe money will be passed on in the normal way across the education budget. We regularly meet Education Ministers from the devolved Administrations, and the Secretary of State held…28 Jun 2023HANSARDChildcare Reform PackageI thank the hon. Gentleman for his reply. Let me address some of the points that he raised in turn. The hon. Gentleman talked about the ability of parents to look for childcare in…28 Jun 2023HANSARDChildcare Reform PackageMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. That was one of the things that I heard from the sector as well, particularly on the qualification barriers. I can confirm that we are…28 Jun 2023