Question follow-through · 53251

Childminding: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will extend the deadline for the national Childminder Start-Up Grant scheme.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
19 May 2025
Target answer date
21 May 2025
Answer
3 Jun 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will extend the deadline for the national Childminder Start-Up Grant scheme.

  2. 21 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Childminders are a key part of the early years workforce. They offer high quality and flexible early education and care that can be tailored to the needs of parents and children. Attracting childminders to join the workforce and retaining them is of vital...

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