Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many bursaries have been provided to trainee early years teachers in each year since September 2013; and what the average amount was of those bursaries.

In academic year 2016/17, there were 110 trainees undertaking either the Graduate Entry or School Direct postgraduate route to Early Years Initial Teacher Training (ITT). Bursaries are payable subject to eligibility criteria; the bursary amount paid to providers in 2016/17 was £394,600.

Information from periods prior to 2016/17 is not held centrally.