To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding per head is received for childcare in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber and (d) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answered on
7 November 2016
Funding for the free early years entitlements is allocated on a local authority basis. In 2016-17[1], the relevant hourly funding rates per child were as follows:
Local authority | Three and four year old entitlement | Two year old entitlement |
Barnsley | £3.99 | £4.85 |
Bradford | £5.19 | £4.85 |
Calderdale | £4.15 | £4.85 |
Doncaster | £3.87 | £4.85 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £4.40 | £4.85 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | £4.20 | £4.85 |
Kirklees | £4.37 | £4.85 |
Leeds | £4.09 | £4.85 |
North East Lincolnshire | £3.72 | £4.85 |
North Lincolnshire | £4.39 | £4.85 |
North Yorkshire | £4.49 | £4.85 |
Rotherham | £4.07 | £4.85 |
Sheffield | £4.51 | £4.85 |
Wakefield | £4.14 | £4.85 |
York | £3.63 | £4.85 |
In 2016-17, the national average hourly funding rates paid by the Department for Education to local authorities in England is £4.51 for three and four year olds and £5.09 for two-year-olds.
All funding rates for three and four year olds are exclusive of the Early Years Pupil Premium which is an additional funding stream for disadvantaged children.
The figures given above relate to England. Childcare policy for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is devolved.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2016-to-2017