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Written question asked by Tulip Siddiq (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 January 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 February 2018. It was answered by Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 February 2018 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Childcare: Camden

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assistance his Department has made available to Camden Council for expanding the number of free childcare places.

Answer

The department has supported the growth and creation of additional places to deliver the 30 hours entitlement and in 2016 ran a £100 million early years capital bid round, for which local authorities, in partnership with providers, were invited to submit bids. The department announced that over 350 projects across 123 local authorities were successful in this bid round. Brent being one of the local authorities who received capital funding. We have also provided significant support to local authorities and providers through our delivery contractor, ‘Childcare Works’, and in November 2017 we launched the Delivery Support Fund to support local authorities and enable them to support their providers.

‘Childcare Works’ regularly contact all Local authorities to assess sufficiency and readiness for 30 hours childcare and are providing a programme of tailored and universal support for councils, to help progress implementation plans, including Camden and Brent. Currently, Camden and Brent have reported no sufficiency issues for the spring term.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
125657
Session
2017-19
Related items
Childcare
Wednesday, 14 March 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Childcare Camden Government assistance
Link
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