Question follow-through · 38323
Childcare: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support early years childcare providers with their funding arrangements.
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
- 13 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 29 Mar 2025 · 16 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 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support early years childcare providers with their funding arrangements.
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Mar 2025
Answer published
The government has been clear in our commitment to the early years. It is our 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 eve...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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