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Pre-school Education: Inspections

Asked by Tom MorrisonLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 30 October 2025UIN 79761

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 66737 on Pre-school Education: Inspections, how much funding his Department plans on allocating to Ofsted to increase the frequency and quality of Early Years

Answered by Olivia Bailey

Further funding is expected to be provided across the next three financial years by the department to Ofsted to increase the frequency and quality of Early Years Register inspections. This is to be agreed between the department and Ofsted.

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