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Childcare

Commons · Question 72325 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 9 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reminding parents who are claiming free childcare for working parents to reconfirm their details by (a) telephone call and (b) letter.

Answer

Answered by Olivia Bailey, 9 Oct 2025

It is the government’s ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change. The department is delivering more support to ...