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Commons · Question 76013 · Tabled 9 Sep 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 23 Sep 2025

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Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of children in families subject to no recourse to public funds provisions that have received the families receiving additional support (FRAS) entitlement for

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Answered by Olivia Bailey, 23 Sep 2025

Families in receipt of additional forms of support to children in ‘no recourse to public fund’ households have been eligible for the 15-hours entitlement since September 2022.The early years census data collects data on the number of children taking up th...