Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had since September 2015 with (a) other government departments, (b) the children’s sector and (c) early years' practitioners on the consultation on children’s centres.
The department has had numerous discussions with representatives of each of the stakeholder groups named in the question about a range of early years issues, including children’s centres, since September 2015. We do not hold records of every discussion that has taken place.