More major providers sign up for Emergency Childcare

Busy Bees, Primary Steps, the trading name for Creative Education Corporation, and Treetops, which is owned by the Dunmar Group, have all signed up...

Kidsunlimited lands ARG deal

Kidsunlimited has been contracted by Argos Retail Group (ARG), which includes the Argos and Homebase retail chain, to administrate a new childcare voucher service...

Leapfrog statement on ‘special measures’ nursery

Leapfrog Day Nurseries, which is owned by Nord Anglia Education plc, has responded to a scathing Ofsted report that judged the provision of care...

Nursery education removals

Paul Goodman asked the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (18 April 2006: Column 124W) how many (a) private, (b) voluntary and (c)...

Children’s Centre services

David Laws asked the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (19 April 2006: Column 663W) what services are provided by children’s centres; and...

Initiative expenditure

David Laws asked the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (19 April 2006: Column 666W) what the total expenditure on (a) Sure Start...

Sure Start monitoring

David Laws asked the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (19 April 2006: Column 667W) what monitoring of the effectiveness of Sure Start...

Early years education funding

Patrick Mercer asked the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (25 April 2006: Column 999W) (1) whether the levels of guaranteed unit of...

Sure Start expenditure

David Laws asked the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (26 April 2006: Column 1112W) what is the average expenditure per child was...

Treasury childcare services

Fraser Kemp asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (4 May 2006: Column 1743W) how many nursery and crèche places are provided for people working...