Question follow-through · 73896
Childcare: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing monthly start dates for the 30 hours funded childcare scheme.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 3 Oct 2025 · 32 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing monthly start dates for the 30 hours funded childcare scheme.
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Oct 2025
Answer published
The government’s Plan for Change sets out a commitment to give children the best start in life, breaking the link between background and opportunity.Children become eligible for an early education and childcare place from 1 September, 1 January or 1 April...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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