Childcare and early years survey of parents
Nationally representative survey of parents of children aged 0-14 on their use, experiences and views on early education and childcare.
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Pre-release access list
Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.
- Secretary of State for Education
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Early Education
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills
- Permanent Secretary
- Special Advisers
- Director of Analysis
- Head of Profession (HoP) for Statistics
- Deputy HoP for Statistics
- Director Early Years, Childcare Families and Analysis
- Deputy Director of Early Years Markets, Strategy & Workforce
- Deputy Director of Early Years Entitlements
- Deputy Director Early Years Quality, Recovery & Welfare
- Deputy Director of Childcare Reform Delivery & Directorate Support
- Head of Entitlements Policy & Legislation Unit
- Head of Early Years Safeguarding, Wellbeing and SEND in Settings Unit
- Family Hubs Delivery, Parenting, HLE
- Head of Early Start Analysis & Research Unit
- Head of School Based Nurseries Analysis
- Head of School-Aged Childcare and Food Analysis and Research Unit
- Senior Policy Advisor, Early Years Entitlements
- Policy Advisor, Early Years Entitlements
- Senior Policy Advisor, Early Years Entitlements
- Senior Policy Advisor, Early Years Entitlements
- Deputy Director, Press Office
- Senior Media Officer
- Media Officer
- Media Officer
- Head of Universal Credit Policy Research, DWP
- Head of Benefits & Credits Research, HMRC