Early Years Services and Childcare

Part of Education – in the House of Commons at 2:33 pm on 23 May 2022.

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Photo of Will Quince Will Quince The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education 2:33, 23 May 2022

That is exactly why we spend more than £5 billion a year on childcare and early years, including: the offer for disadvantaged two-year-olds; the offer of 15 and 30 hours for three and four-year-olds, which is worth about £6,000 per child to parents; the universal credit offer, which is worth up to 85% of childcare costs; the tax-free childcare; and the holiday activities and food programme. Of course we take this issue incredibly seriously.