Question follow-through · 26110
Pre-school Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered reviewing early years funding rates, including the impact on a) staff wages and b) staff recruitment and retention.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered reviewing early years funding rates, including the impact on a) staff wages and b) staff recruitment and retention.
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
In 2026 to 2027 the department expects to provide over £9.5 billion for the early years entitlements, more than doubling annual public investment in the early years sector compared to 2023 to 2024. Funding rates are reviewed every year, and funding rate i...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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