Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 53699

Pre-school Education: Finance

Tabled: 20 May 2025
Answered: 27 May 2025

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

LabourHeywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of early years funding models in supporting (a) parents and (b) guardians who work fewer than 16 hours per week.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
Single parents of children aged nine months and over may qualify for 30 hours of funded childcare from September this year, provided they meet the eligibility requirements. Each parent needs to expect to earn the equivalent of 16 hours at National Living ...

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