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...