Question follow-through · 5778
Childcare: Epsom and Ewell
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the (a) availability and (b) affordability of childcare in Epsom and Ewell constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 12 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 10 Oct 2024 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the (a) availability and (b) affordability of childcare in Epsom and Ewell constituency.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Oct 2024
Answer published
It is the department’s ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, improving the life chances for every child and the work choices for every parent. From September 2024, eligible working parent...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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