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Childcare: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to increase the flexibility of funded childcare arrangements to help increase support for parents (a) who are unable to take up work due to a lack of available nursery places and

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
17 Jul 2025
Target answer date
21 Jul 2025
Answer
31 Jul 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to increase the flexibility of funded childcare arrangements to help increase support for parents (a) who are unable to take up work due to a lack of available nursery places and

  2. 21 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    On 7 July, the department published its Best Start in Life Strategy, which sets out how we will make real change happen for families across the country.We are delivering more support to working families than ever before with the rollout of 30 hours govern...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Childcare: Rural Areas

18 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support rural childcare providers to recruit qualified staff.

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18 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with Ofsted on allowing greater flexibility in recognising alternative qualifications for after-school childcare roles.

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Special Educational Needs: South West

21 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing to local authorities facing financial strain in delivering SEND services in (a) the South West and (b) Dorset.

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Special Educational Needs: West Dorset

21 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to help increase early identification of SEND needs; and reduce waiting times for (a) diagnosis and (b) support in West Dorset constituency.

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Special Educational Needs

21 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to (a) improve early identification of SEND needs and (b) reduce waiting times for diagnosis and support.

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Special Educational Needs: West Dorset

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