Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2019 to Question 233582 on Children: Day Care, what estimate he has made of the funding that will be allocated to (a) 15 hours free childcare for all three and four year olds, (b) the additional 15 hours free childcare for eligible working parents of three and four year olds and (c) 15 hours free childcare for the most disadvantaged two year olds in 2019-20.

The initial funding allocations to local authorities for 2019-20 are:

a) £2.29 billion for the universal 15 hours entitlement for three and four-year-olds

b) £693 million for the additional 15 hours entitlement for eligible working parents of three and four-year-olds, and

c) £460 million for the 15 hours entitlement for the most disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Full details, including current allocations for the three additional funding streams (Early Years Pupil Premium, Disability Access Fund, Maintained Nursery Schools supplementary funding) can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2019-to-2020

Final funding allocations will be based on actual take-up according to later census data.