Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 57833

Pre-school Education: Finance

Tabled: 5 June 2025
Answered: 13 June 2025

Question

Ben Goldsborough

LabourSouth Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department calculated the funding rate for each (a) child and (b) age group for early years provision.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The hourly funding rate for the early years entitlements varies to reflect the costs of delivering provision to different ages. The department knows, from listening to the sector and from our own regular research, that the cost of delivery is highest for ...

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