Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department plans to spend on childcare for disadvantaged children in 2018; and how much his Department has spent on such childcare in each of last three years.
We fund 15 hours of free childcare a week for disadvantaged children aged two, three and four, as well as the early years pupil premium for disadvantaged three and four year olds.
Our funding allocations for the following financial years can be found at:
2018-19 (Initial allocation):
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019.
2017-18 (Provisional allocation):
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2017-to-2018.
2016-17 (Final allocation):
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2016-to-2017.
2015-16 (Final allocation):
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2015-to-2016.