Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 59161

Pre-school Education: Finance

Tabled: 11 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025

Question

Ben Goldsborough

LabourSouth Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the proportion of funding for commercial early years providers that comes from voluntary contributions.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
As the entitlements are expanded, it is vitally important that they remain accessible and affordable for families.Providers can ask parents to pay for consumables. However, in line with a recent High Court judgment, charges must not be mandatory or a cond...

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