Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department has made available to the National Apprenticeship Service to raise awareness of early years apprenticeships as detailed in the Early years workforce Strategy 2017.

We are working with the new Institute for Apprenticeships and the Trailblazer Group of employers to support the development of new early years apprenticeship standards. We have included apprenticeships in the new early years careers advice and pathways information that we are developing with stakeholders and DWP to raise awareness of the sector and the training opportunities, including apprenticeships, that are available.