Pre-school Education: Finance
Commons · Question 100144 · Tabled 15 Dec 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what action her Department will take where local authorities are found to be retaining more than the permitted 3% of early years funding.
Answer
Answered by Olivia Bailey, 7 Jan 2026
The passthrough requirement ensures that the great majority of government funding for the early years entitlements reaches providers so that they can deliver the entitlement offers. The passthrough rate is a statutory requirement set out in the Schools an...