Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's plans are for investing in early years education after 2018.

The Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 announced government investment of over £1 billion more a year in childcare and early years education for two-, three- and four-year-olds by 2019-20.

Government consulted earlier this year on proposals to ensure that early years funding is allocated efficiently and fairly across the country, and we will announce a response to the consultation shortly.