Pre-school Education: Disadvantaged
Commons · Question 76773 · Tabled 11 Sep 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Coleman
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential impact of differences in local authority funding formulas on access to high-quality early years provision in disadvantaged communities.
Answer
Answered by Olivia Bailey, 3 Oct 2025
The department expects to spend over £8 billion on early years entitlements in 2025/26, distributed through the early years national funding formulae (EYNFF), based on hourly funding rates for each local authority. The EYNFF reflects the relative needs of...