§ Ms MunnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the Inter Departmental Childcare Review will publish its findings. [79785]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe report from the Inter Departmental Childcare Review led by my noble friend Baroness Ashton, the Under Secretary of State with responsibility for sure start, early years and childcare, is being published today. The key conclusions of the report build on the announcement by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Spending Review statement on 15 July. The increased spending for childcare will lead to: the creation of at least 250,000 new childcare places by 2005–06, on top of the earlier target of new places for 1.6 million children by 2004; the establishment of new children's centres to provide childcare, family support and health services in one centre, reflecting the early lessons of Sure Start, to benefit up to 650,000 children in disadvantaged areas by 2006.
In addition the integration of responsibility for childcare, early years education and Sure Start within a new interdepartmental unit will ensure new services will be co-ordinated to best meet the needs of children, families and communities.
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§ Ms MunnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when the Inter Departmental Childcare Review will publish its findings. [79785]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe report from the Inter Departmental Childcare Review led by my noble friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare is being published today. The key conclusions of the report build on the announcement by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Spending Review statement on 15 July. The increased spending for childcare will lead to
the creation of at least 250,000 new childcare places by 2005–06, on top of the earlier target of new places for 1.6 million children by 2004;the establishment of new children's centres to provide childcare, family support and health services in one centre, reflecting the early lessons of Sure Start, to benefit up to 650,000 children in disadvantaged areas by 2006.In addition the integration of responsibility for childcare, early years education and Sure Start within a new interdepartmental unit will ensure new services will be co-ordinated to best meet the needs of children, families and communities.
Copies of the report have been placed in the Vote Office, Printed Paper Office and the Libraries
§ Mrs. LaingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he will publish the report on the review of childcare by the Performance and Innovation Unit. [78594]
§ Ian LucasTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what measures are in place to assist students in full-time education to fund child care. [78792]
§ Margaret HodgeSpecific childcare funding of £36 million is available through the Learner Support Funds (LSF) to all post 16 Further Education Institutions (FEIs). Students in colleges can access funding of up to £4000 for each child for each year of study. Students in school and college 6th forms have access to the same level of funding through a pilot scheme which is aimed at lone parents. FEIs also have the further flexibility to use their general LSF to top up childcare funding and to meet other additional costs, such as transport to childminders.
A childcare grant was introduced in September 2001 to help full-time higher education student parents with childcare costs. The childcare grant covers the whole year, paying 85 per cent. of actual childcare costs for
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Standards Fund Allocations for the School Improvement Grant 2001–2002 Devolved Schools in Special Measures or Facing Challenging Circumstances Direct Intervention Education Development Plan Priorities Total Local Education Authority £ £ £ £ £ Corporation of London 5,000 0 0 2,000 7,000 Camden 360,000 65,000 46,000 120,000 591,000 Greenwich 565,000 200,000 21,000 189,000 975,000 Hackney 426,000 160,000 102,500 142,000 830,500 Hammersmith & Fulham 300,000 65,000 177,000 100,000 642,000 Islington 390,000 140,000 58,000 130,000 718,000 Kensington & Chelsea 192,000 0 0 64,000 256,000 Lambeth 487,000 130,000 16,500 163,000 796,500 40 weeks during term times and short vacations and 70 per cent. of actual costs for 12 weeks during the student's long vacation. In the academic year 2002–03, a student parent with one child may receive a childcare grant of up to £5,724 (with two or more children up to £8,480). This may be supplemented by other dependants grants and discretionary support.