Written questions

Childcare: Costs

Commons · Question 34292 · Tabled 27 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 7 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Rupa Huq

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide affordable childcare to parents in (a) work and (b) further education.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 7 Mar 2025

It is the department’s ambition that parents have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and childcare.Next year alone, the department plans to provide over £8 billion for the early years entitlements, a more than 30% increase com...