David Johnston
On the funding rates, we announced the funding rates for three and four-year-olds in April last year, and for two-year-olds in November.
[Official Report, 22 January 2024, Vol. 744, c. 25.]
Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the hon. Member for Wantage (David Johnston).
An error has been identified in my response to the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South (Bridget Phillipson).
The correct response should have been:
David Johnston
On the funding rates, we announced the funding rates for two, three and four-year-olds in November last year.
David Johnston
We set our rates by conducting a survey of 10,000 providers, in order to understand the costs they face and set the rates accordingly.
[Official Report, 22 January 2024, Vol. 744, c. 30.]
Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the hon. Member for Wantage.
An error has been identified in my response to the hon. Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist).
The correct response should have been:
David Johnston
We set our rates by conducting a survey of 9,000 providers, in order to understand the costs they face and set the rates accordingly.
David Johnston
I set out in my statement the additional money that we had given to the sector in the last financial year and this one to help it to meet those cost pressures—that was anchored to the survey of 10,000 providers that I talked about.
[Official Report, 22 January 2024, Vol. 744, c. 31.]
Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the hon. Member for Wantage.
An error has been identified in my response to the hon. Member for Blackpool South (Scott Benton).
The correct response should have been:
David Johnston
I set out in my statement the additional money that we had given to the sector in the last financial year and this one to help it to meet those cost pressures—that was anchored to the survey of 9,000 providers that I talked about.
David Johnston
The hon. Gentleman raises an important point about the increased cost pressures that everybody has to face. That is why we gave an additional £204 million in the last financial year and a further £400 million in the current financial year to help meet those pressures, based on the fact that we surveyed 10,000 providers in order to understand exactly what they are paying for all the things he outlines.
[Official Report, 22 January 2024, Vol. 744, c. 32.]
Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the hon. Member for Wantage.
An error has been identified in my response to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon).
The correct response should have been:
David Johnston
The hon. Gentleman raises an important point about the increased cost pressures that everybody has to face. That is why we gave an additional £204 million in the last financial year and a further £400 million in the current financial year to help meet those pressures, based on the fact that we surveyed 9,000 providers in order to understand exactly what they are paying for all the things he outlines.