Children: Day Care

(asked on 30th January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Childcare and Early Years has had with childcare settings of all types about improving access, affordability and quality of childcare since he was appointed.


Answered by
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Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 2nd February 2018

Improving access, affordability and quality of childcare for all children remains a high priority for this government.

Since I have been in post, childcare has not been raised at any of the meetings I have had with the Parent Carer Forums.

In regards to meeting with childcare settings, on 1 February 2018, I visited the Hindley Nursery School, a Maintained Nursery School in Wigan, and also attended a round table event regarding social care with social workers, providers and other specialists.

I attended the All Party Parliamentary Group Meeting on Maintained Nursery Schools on 16 January 2018. Additionally, on 30 January 2018, I spoke to Elizabeth Bayram, the Chief Executive of the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years.

On 6 February 2018, I am attending a Stakeholder Forum to meet provider organisations face to face

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