Question follow-through · 84998
Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of improving access to childcare out of school hours.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
24 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of improving access to childcare out of school hours.
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2025
Answer published
Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The government has introduced free breakfast clubs in all primary schools which are 30 minutes before the school day. So far, the department has delivered 2.6 milli...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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