Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) nurseries and (b) childminders that closed in the North East in the 2022-23 financial year; and how many childcare places were affected by these closures.
This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.