Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the affordability of childcare provision in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.

The department continues to look at ways to make childcare more affordable and to encourage families to use government-funded support they are entitled to. We collect data on the main characteristics of childcare and early years provision in England and fees data can be broken down to local authority level.

The latest data shows that the mean hourly fee band by Sheffield local authority for two year old children, and three and four year olds in 2021 is £5.00.