Childcare Entitlements

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:38 pm on 23 April 2024.

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Photo of David Johnston David Johnston The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education 1:38, 23 April 2024

My hon. Friend is right. Our key focus is on ensuring that places and staff are available in every area of the country, as we have shown in April with 200,000 benefiting from the new entitlement. We are pulling every lever, in time for the roll-out next September and the September after, to up recruitment, up rates, encourage more people into the sector and help expansion to ensure that provision is there.