Question to the Department for Education:

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

As of 8 January 2018, 266,494 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 validated codes by region: