Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, what additional funding he will make available for early years entitlements in (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25.

I refer the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston to the answer I gave on 3 November 2021 to Question 68396.

Further to that response, the department will confirm the 2022/23 financial year hourly funding rates for individual local authorities shortly, followed by the initial allocations in December. Hourly rates for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 financial years will be announced in following years, according to the usual timetable.