Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of eligible children received 15 hours of free childcare in each year since 2010.

The percentage of two, three and four year old children benefitting from funded early years education (years 2011 to 2017) is available within Table 5LA of the Main Tables on the department’s website at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017.

The percentage of three and four year olds benefitting from funded early education places as at January 2010 is available within Table 1 of the Main Tables on the department`s website at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provision-for-children-under-5-years-of-age-in-england-january-2010.