Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 18262

Children: Communication Skills

Tabled: 5 December 2024
Answered: 13 December 2024

Question

David Williams

LabourStoke-on-Trent North

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the potential impact of workforce shortages in the early years sector on pre-school children’s language and communication development.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
Early language skills are vital to enable children to thrive in their early years and later in life, including in all aspects of their later attainment in school. To support early language skills, the department is investing over £20 million in the Nuffie...

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