Nursery Schools: Finance

(asked on 23rd November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will extend the provision of supplementary funding to local authorities for their maintained nursery schools beyond 2019-20.


Answered by
Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 30th November 2017

Maintained nursery schools play an important role in supporting some of our most disadvantaged children. The provision of supplementary funding to at least 2019-20 will provide maintained nursery schools with stability whilst we develop a long-term solution.

Department officials continue to work closely with the sector and others, including the All Party Parliamentary Group on Nursery Schools and Nursery Classes on this issue.

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