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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-02-07more like thismore than 2023-02-07
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Pre-school Education more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of eligible three to four-year-olds are registered for 30 hours per week of free early education and childcare, broken down by each UK (i) nation and (ii) region, as of 7 February 2023. more like this
tabling member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North more like this
tabling member printed
Catherine McKinnell more like this
uin 141436 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-02-15more like thismore than 2023-02-15
answer text <p>Statistics relating to the 15-hour and 30-hour entitlements are published in the annual ‘Education provision: children under 5 years of age’ publication: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-provision-children-under-5" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-provision-children-under-5</a>. The next release containing January 2023 data is scheduled to be published at the end of June 2023.</p><p>The 15 and 30-hour entitlements are delivered by local authorities in England and figures for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p>There were 348,126 3- and 4-year-olds who were registered for the 30-hour entitlement in England in January 2022. Figures by English region can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ab1f0941-2272-466d-9347-08db08498a11" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ab1f0941-2272-466d-9347-08db08498a11</a>. This equated to an estimated four in five eligible children in January 2022.</p><p>In January 2022, an estimated 440,000 3- and 4-year-olds were eligible for the 30-hour entitlement in England, up from an estimated 390,000 in 2018. An estimated 48% of the overall 3- and 4-year-old population in England were eligible for the 30-hour entitlement in 2022, up from an estimated 42% in 2018. Figures from 2018 to 2022, rounded to the nearest 10,000, are attached.</p><p>These figures are based on Office for National Statistics population estimates, Family Resources Survey data and Survey of Personal Incomes data and is published within the ‘Education provision: children under 5 years of age’ statistical release, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-provision-children-under-5" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-provision-children-under-5</a>.</p><p>Due to the statistical uncertainty surrounding this estimate derived from survey data, it cannot be provided at a regional level.</p>
answering member constituency East Surrey more like this
answering member printed Claire Coutinho more like this
grouped question UIN 141438 more like this
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less than 2023-02-15T13:32:28.44Zmore like thismore than 2023-02-15T13:32:28.44Z
answering member
4806
label Biography information for Claire Coutinho more like this
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1
file name 141436_141438_childcare_eligibility.pdf more like this
title 141436_141438_table more like this
tabling member
4125
label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell more like this