Pre-school Education: Finance

Department for Education written question – answered at on 13 March 2018.

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Photo of Lucy Powell Lucy Powell Labour/Co-operative, Manchester Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities will have their early years hourly funding rates reduced in 2018-19; and what percentage that reduction in funding rate will be for each local authority so affected.

Photo of Nadhim Zahawi Nadhim Zahawi The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education

No local authority (LA) has seen a reduction in their early years hourly funding by more than 5% for three and four year olds. There has been no change to funding for two year olds.

Each of the 21 LAs with reduced rates’ percentage change can be found in the attached table.

Full details on Early Years funding rates to local authorities can be found in: https://

www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-national-funding-formula-allocations-and-guidance.

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