Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Preparations to extend childcare entitlements for working parents in England

Status: Closed Opened: 22 Mar 2024 Closed: 29 May 2024

From April 2024, the Department for Education (DfE) plans to extend funded childcare entitlements to children of working parents. DfE expects all eligible children between nine months and four years old will be able to access the equivalent of 30 hours of subsidised childcare per week during term-time by September 2025. This is expected to …

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
8 May 2024 Justin Russell · Department for Education, Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education, Susie Owen · Department for Education View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
28 May 2024 Correspondence from Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair, Public Accounts Committee, to S…
20 May 2024 Correspondence from Susan Acland-Hood, Permanent Secretary, Department for Educ…