Ministerial Correction
Tuesday 8 December 2020
Education
Nurseries and Early Years Settings
The following is an extract from a Westminster Hall debate on Nurseries and Early Years Settings on Thursday 3 December 2020.
Currently, at least 80% of early years settings are open, and attendance has been consistently increasing during the autumn term. We estimate that, last week, 826,000 children attended an early years setting.
[Official Report, 3 December 2020, Vol. 685, c. 256WH.]
Letter from the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the hon. Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford):
An error has been identified in my speech.
The correct response should have been:
Currently, at least 80% of early years settings are open, and attendance has been consistently increasing during the autumn term. We estimate that, last week, 806,000 children attended an early years setting.