Sure Start

Mr. Willis
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which senior members of staff within the Sure Start Unit have a specialist early years teaching qualification. [109297]

Maria Eagle
Senior staff in the Sure Start Unit have a range of different qualifications, including in early years teaching, and a number have worked in the early years and child care fields. The unit and Ministers have access to specialist expertise in a range of ways through advisers, consultative groups, research contracts and informal contacts.