questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of rural early years provision in sustaining village communities and preventing rural depopulation on her Department's funding policy for early years.
answerText: In 2026/27, the department expects to provide over £9.5 billion for the early years entitlements, more than doubling annual public investment in the early years sector compared to 2023/24, as we have successfully rolled out the expansion of government-fun...
heading: Pre-school Education: Rural Areas