Question follow-through · 74816
Childcare: Sutton Coldfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of parents with (a) three and (a) four year old children used their entitlement to 15 hours of free childcare in Sutton Coldfield constituency in 2024.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 2 Oct 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of parents with (a) three and (a) four year old children used their entitlement to 15 hours of free childcare in Sutton Coldfield constituency in 2024.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Oct 2025
Answer published
The government wants all children, regardless of background, to have access to high quality early education and childcare. The Best Start in Life strategy sets out our plan to work with local authorities to increase take-up of the 15 hours of early educat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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