Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 6
6
Not Addressed
Revise early language funding guidance to cover 0-2 year olds with maximum provider flexibility.
Recommendation
We recommend that the Department for Education revise its guidance on early language and home learning environment funding to allow it to be used to provide support that covers the 0–2-year period, to allow providers the maximum flexibility in how they deploy this funding. (Recommendation, Paragraph 39)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response discusses health visiting services and local authority performance improvement, including peer reviews and improvement support, which does not address the recommendation to revise Department for Education guidance on early language and home learning environment funding for 0-2 year olds.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 22 April 2026. No passage in that response could be matched to this recommendation. Read the response document ↗