Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of early years practitioners working in (a) children's centres and (b) family hubs.

Children’s Centres are required to provide access to early education and childcare (either by providing services on site or by providing advice and assistance on gaining access to services elsewhere). The majority of children’s centres do not provide early education and childcare on site.

In January 2021, there were 2,341 staff working in Sure Start Children’s Centres that provided funded early education, as set out in the ‘Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2021’ release, which can be found at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/36b29c63-0881-4bfe-a0e9-ade8580ca511.

The department does not hold data on the total number of early years practitioners working in children’s centres and family hubs.