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Nurseries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the sustainability of funding for maintained nursery schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
19 Mar 2025
Answer
25 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the sustainability of funding for maintained nursery schools.

  2. 19 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    ​My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has been clear in her commitment to early years. Despite tough decisions to get our public finances back on track, this government has increased investment in the early years sector to drive forw...

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