Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childcare places are available in schools for children eligible for the current 15 hours a week free childcare; and how many such places are registered on the Early Years Register.

Schools are an important provider of early education and childcare and the government has improved the regulatory framework and supported schools to help them deliver more places for children.

Ofsted is responsible for registering providers on the Early Years Register (EYR). The number of 2, 3 and 4 year olds receiving funded early education in state-funded schools is published in the statistical first release “Provision for children under 5 years of age” and is published online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-childcare-and-early-years