Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding will be made available in capital funding to help primary schools develop nurseries where they currently do not have the facilities to provide one in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (e) 2021-22.
We know that high-quality childcare is important not just for working parents but also for a child’s development and school readiness. We will provide more details on our plans in due course.