Childcare
Commons · Question 30935 · Tabled 11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22413 on Childcare, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of stretching 38 weeks of paid childcare to cover 52 weeks on parents.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 18 Feb 2025
The department does not collect data on how childcare providers deliver the entitlements. Therefore, we cannot provide detail on the numbers and proportion of childcare providers that allow parents to stretch the 38 weeks of paid childcare over 52 weeks.P...