Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childcare and early education settings have contacted his Department regarding funding rates for childcare since February 2017.
The department regularly receives correspondence from childcare and early years settings on a wide variety of topics, including funding rates. It has been made clear that getting funding rates right is key to the successful delivery of childcare entitlements, and the department is happy to hear from providers and other organisations on this.