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.
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.