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Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childcare places the 3,000 additional school-based nursery classrooms will provide.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
30 Aug 2024
Target answer date
3 Sept 2024
Answer
9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 30 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childcare places the 3,000 additional school-based nursery classrooms will provide.

  2. 3 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    High quality early education and childcare is a crucial opportunity to transform life chances.In the coming months, the government will be setting out plans to deliver new places in 3,000 nurseries through upgrading space in primary schools. This will inc...

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