Question follow-through · 23549
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with childcare providers on (a) changes in the level of additional service charges and (b) their potential impact on working families’ ability to access affordable childc
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with childcare providers on (a) changes in the level of additional service charges and (b) their potential impact on working families’ ability to access affordable childc
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jan 2025
Answer published
In December the government published its Plan for Change, which outlines the priority deliverable for the Opportunity Mission is for a record number of children to be starting school ready to learn, measured by attainment against the early learning goals....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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