Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the implications are for his Department's policies on the early years workforce of findings from the Nursery World and Save the Children survey on training and employing early years teachers, published on 22 January 2018.

We have noted the publication of findings from the survey regarding early years teachers, conducted by Save the Children in collaboration with Nursery World, published on 22 January 2018.

We continue to fund the 'Early Years Initial Teacher Training' programme, including bursaries and employer incentives.