Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many eligibility codes for 30 hours of free childcare have been validated by providers and local authorities.

The national rollout of 30 hours free childcare marks the delivery of a manifesto commitment that will help hundreds of thousands of hard working families. Over 200,000 valid 30 hours codes have been generated, reaching our target for 1^st September.

As of 6^th September, 152,829 eligibility codes for 30 hours free childcare have been validated. These are eligibility codes that were issued by 31^st August and validated by 5^th September for children aged three by 31^st August 2017.