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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's policy paper Giving every child the best start in life strategy, published on 7 July 2025, whether each local authority is required to publish a Best Start Local Plan; how tho
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's policy paper Giving every child the best start in life strategy, published on 7 July 2025, whether each local authority is required to publish a Best Start Local Plan; how tho
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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23 Jul 2025
Answer published
On 7 July, the government’s landmark strategy ’Giving every child the best start in life’ set out that we will spend close to £1.5 billion over the next three years on improving family services and early years education.Local authorities will be tasked wi...
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