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.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 21 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jun 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Department for Education: Alphabet · 10 Jun 2026
- School Rebuilding Programme: North Tyneside · 28 Aug 2026
- School Rebuilding Programme: North Tyneside · 28 Aug 2026
- School Rebuilding Programme: North Tyneside · 28 Aug 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
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.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Department for Education: Alphabet
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any Ministers in her Department have used informal communication channels, including WhatsApp and private email, to conduct official business with representatives of Alphabet since 4 July 2024.
School Rebuilding Programme: North Tyneside
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department used to prioritise the rebuilding of Churchill Community College in North Tyneside through the School Rebuilding Programme; and if she will take steps to prioritise Berwick Academy.
School Rebuilding Programme: North Tyneside
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider the potential merits of providing part-funding to Northumberland County Council for the rebuilding of Berwick Academy, following the Council's commitment of £37 million of local funding to
School Rebuilding Programme: North Tyneside
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Department's most recent assessment is of the cost of tackling the condition defects at Berwick Academy; and if she will publish that assessment.