questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free nursery hours were funded in each year since 2018; and what the total cost to the public was in each of those years.
answerText: Funding for the early years entitlements is based on part-time equivalent (PTE) hours. We define 1 PTE as 15 hours across 38 weeks a year (570 funded hours per annum).Early years entitlements funding is allocated to local authorities through the early yea...
heading: Nurseries: Fees and Charges