Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 2098 on Childcare: Finance, how much the Welsh Government will receive in Barnett Formula consequential funding for (a) the roll out 15 hours of free childcare for working parents of two-year-olds from April 2024 in England and (b) extending 15 hours of free childcare to all children from the age of nine months from September 2024 in England.

The Barnett formula applies to all increases or decreases to Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL).

The Department for Education received additional funding for these programmes at Spring Budget 2023, and the Barnett formula was applied in the usual way.