Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of independent nursery school places have been (a) created (b) lost in each of the last three years.

This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.