Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many registered early years settings have submitted notifications of (a) permanent and (b) temporary complete closure of the setting in the academic year 2021-22.

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