Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department’s press release, Multi-million fund to boost children's early language skills, published on 30 April 2018, which local authorities in England will receive funding through the Early Years Social Mobility Peer Review Programme.

The Early Years Social Mobility Peer Review Programme is open to all local authorities (LAs).

LAs can express their interest by contacting earlyyears.socialmobility@lga.gov.uk. The programme will be piloted over the summer, with the full programme rolling out from autumn 2018; further details will be available in due course.

Further information can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-social-mobility-peer-review-programme.