Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of people qualifying for the 15-hour free childcare for the most disadvantaged two-year-olds have taken up that provision in the borough of Telford and Wrekin.

As at January 2017, take up of the 2-year-old entitlement in Telford and Wrekin is 79%.

This is 12 percentage points above the average in the East Midlands, and eight percentage points above the average in England. Take up in Telford and Wrekin has increased by 15 percentage points since 2015.