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Childcare: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the availability of childcare places for children under two years of age in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
21 Jul 2025
Answer
1 Sept 2025 · 47 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the availability of childcare places for children under two years of age in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.

  2. 21 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Local authorities are legally responsible for securing sufficient childcare to meet the needs of parents in their area, under Section 6 of the Childcare Act 2006. The Early Education and Childcare Statutory Guidance (Part B) further requires them to repor...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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