Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of eligible parents in Blackpool North and Cleveleys claim the Early Years Pupil Premium.
Data on the number and percentage of children registered to receive the funded early education entitlements is published in the 'Education provision: children under 5' national statistics release which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-provision-children-under-5/2021.
The table shows the number and percentage (where available) of eligible 2 year old and 3 and 4 year old children registered to receive funded early education, extended funded early education, and those in receipt of early years pupil premium.
Data is not available at parliamentary constituency level, therefore it has been provided for Blackpool local authority.
Data is not held for the number of parents eligible for early years pupil premium or extended funded early education at local authority or parliamentary consistency level, therefore percentages cannot be provided.
Number and take up rate of eligible 2 year olds and 3 and 4 year old children registered to receive funded early education, extended early education and those in receipt of early years pupil premium January 2021 Blackpool local authority:
| Number | Take up rate |
Eligible 2 year olds funded early education | 496 | 60% |
3 and 4 year olds funded early education | 2,900 | 87% |
3 and 4 year olds extended early education | 836 | data not available |
Early years pupil premium | 295 | data not available |
Source: Early Years Census and School Census