Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many eligibility codes for 30 hours of free childcare have been issued for the January term in (a) the England, (b) each region of England and (c) each local authority area in England.

As of 8 January 2017, 326,068 eligibility codes for 30 hours of free childcare had been issued for the spring term as published in the management information release: 30 hours free childcare eligibility codes issued and validated: January 2018. The publication also includes a local authority breakdown and is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated.

See below for a breakdown of issued codes by region: