Written questions

Childcare and Pre-school Education: Pay

Commons · Question 2500 · Tabled 30 Jul 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 6 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the rates paid to providers for free hours childcare and early years education.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 6 Sep 2024

Current national average funding rates for local authorities are broadly in line with, or higher than, nursery fees paid by parents last year. However, the department is taking concerns from the early years sector very seriously and wants to ensure that t...