Oral Question·Department for Education
“What assessment he has made of the effect of the Government’s policy on funded childcare on the financial viability of childcare settings.”
Tabled: 4 September 2018Answered: 10 September 2018
Asked by
Liz Twist
Labour — Blaydon and Consett
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Pat McFadden)
When this Government came to power, we inherited a situation in which almost 1 million young people were not in education, employment or training. As we have said, the number rose by 50% in the last few years of the Conservatives’ time in government, and they did nothing about it. That is why we are acting. In the Budget we announced a youth guarantee, with £820 million of investment, to offer hope where previously there was only Tory neglect.