{"value":{"id":1379080,"askingMemberId":4088,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-11-16T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-11-19T00:00:00","uin":"75880","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on government-funded childcare provision for 3 and 4 year olds in each of the last 5 financial years.","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4423,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-11-19T00:00:00","answerText":"

The government allocates funding for the early years entitlements in line with the number of places that are taken up.

The expenditure figures are as follows:

Early years dedicated schools grant allocation

2017-18
Final

2018-19
Final

2019-20
Final

2020-21
Initial

2021-22
Indicative

3-4 year old universal hours

£2,302.6 million

£2,286.7 million

£2,278.5 million

£2,310.9 million

£2,338.2 million

3-4 year old additional hours

£404.6 million

£743.7 million

£807.0 million

£840.3 million

£850.4 million

2 year old

£469.7 million

£449.1 million

£433.8 million

£434.5 million

£440.8 million

Please note that final allocations for 2020-21 and 2021-22 are not yet available.

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