Pre-school Education: Finance
Commons · Question 63439 · Tabled 27 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the level of administrative workload placed on early years providers in implementing the early years funding system; and whether she is taking steps to streamline (a)
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 2 Jul 2025
Local authorities are responsible for paying early years providers to deliver the early education and childcare entitlements. The department does not provide guidance to local authorities on how they pay providers as each local authority will have its own...