Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 31 of the Early Years Workforce Strategy 2017, how much funding and to whom the Government has allocated funding to develop an online portal that sets out career paths, brings effective online continuing professional development together and provides online training modules; when that portal was launched; and how many visits that portal has received in each month since it was launched.

The department awarded a grant of £408,304 to the Pre School Learning Alliance (PSLA). One of several activities funded through this grant was the development of an on-line facility detailing training opportunities from providers across England and providing model plans outlining career progression routes. The website was formally launched on 7 December 2018 and can be accessed at: http://eyupskill.org.uk/.

The website is maintained by PSLA and the department does not hold information on the number of website hits per month since the launch.