Question follow-through · 69876

Schools: Nurseries

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to prevent schools removing PVI settings operating on their premises in order to apply for future expansions of the school-based nursery grant.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
2 Sept 2025 · 42 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to prevent schools removing PVI settings operating on their premises in order to apply for future expansions of the school-based nursery grant.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    High quality early years is central to our mission to break down the barriers to opportunity and give every child the best possible start in life and is essential to our Plan for Change. This government is boosting availability and access through the scho...

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