Question follow-through · 3999

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many providers registered have no children signed up but have live childcare grant claims.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
21 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
1 Jun 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many providers registered have no children signed up but have live childcare grant claims.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to the Rt Hon. Member for Windsor, and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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