Question follow-through · 63816

Pre-school Education: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that early years providers are not disadvantaged by restrictions on charging flexibility for funded childcare hours.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
4 Jul 2025
Answer
10 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that early years providers are not disadvantaged by restrictions on charging flexibility for funded childcare hours.

  2. 4 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    It is this government’s ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.Government funding for the entitlements does ...

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