Question follow-through · 12291
Childcare: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of childcare places in rural communities.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 1 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of childcare places in rural communities.
5 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2024
Answer published
High quality, affordable early education and childcare is essential to ensuring that all our children get the best start in life.The department recognises that there are differences in the availability of childcare depending on where you live.The latest d...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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