Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much Early Years Pupil Premium funding remains unclaimed in (a) the Liverpool City Region and (b) the UK.

Details of Early Years Pupil Premium take-up can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017.

In January 2017, 103,747 children in England were claiming Early Years Pupil Premium, including 975 children in Liverpool. The Government provides funding at a rate of 53p per hour – up to a maximum of £302.10 per year - for all 3 and 4 year-old children that meet the eligibility criteria and are taking up the 15 hours free entitlement. Local authorities must pass that funding directly on to providers.