John Woodcock – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Woodcock on 2014-04-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of the 20 per cent most disadvantaged two year olds who are currently taking up their free childcare place.

Elizabeth Truss

In February 2014, local authorities reported that around 103,000 two-year-olds were already accessing a funded early learning place. Of these, around 95,000 were from the 20% most disadvantaged cohort, which represents 73%.