Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the average cost was of a funded hour under the 30 hours free childcare policy during the 2017 September term.

In the financial year 2017-18, the average cost to government of a funded hour of free childcare for three- and four-year-olds, which includes the 30 hours free entitlement, is £4.94 pence.