| Heading: |
Childcare: Local Government |
| Question ID: |
1779574 |
| UIN: |
HL5347 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4098 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Coffey
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Baroness Coffey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the legal fulfilment of the statutory duty of every local authority to provide sufficient childcare places. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-03 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
The department has regular contact with each local authority in England about their sufficiency of childcare and any issues they are facing. No local authorities are reporting that they are unable to meet their sufficiency duty. Under Section 6 of the Ch... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |