Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children on the 30 free hours of childcare scheme are attending (a) maintained nursery and primary schools and (b) private, voluntary and independent provision.

The number of children taking up the 30 hour offer in maintained nursery schools, primary schools and the private, voluntary and independent sector will be collected in January 2018 and published in the statistical first release ‘Education provision: children under 5 years of age’ in June/July 2018.