Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Afzal Khan and Dan Carden

Monday 14th May 2018 Commons Chamber

[Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton) (Lab)]

14. What assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's policy on funded childcare on the financial viability of childcare settings.

[Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton) (Lab)]

15. What assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's policy on funded childcare on the financial viability of childcare settings.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Nadhim Zahawi)]

By 2019-20, we will be spending an extra £1 billion annually on higher funding rates to deliver 30 hours of free childcare. The rates are based on our review of childcare costs, which was described as both thorough and wide-ranging by the National Audit Office. We have commissioned new research to understand providers’ current costs.