Question follow-through · 13193
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children born between 1 April and 31 August 2025 became eligible for funded childcare only from September 2026 despite reaching the qualifying age of nine months several months earlier.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 4 Aug 2026 · 40 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children born between 1 April and 31 August 2025 became eligible for funded childcare only from September 2026 despite reaching the qualifying age of nine months several months earlier.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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4 Aug 2026
Answer published
It is our ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our plan for change.Children become eligible for the working parent entitlement...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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