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
- Permanent Secretary
- Special Advisers
- Private Secretaries
- Director of Analysis
- Head of Profession (HoP) for Statistics
- Director of Early Years
- Deputy Director of Childcare Funding & Market Reform
- Deputy Director of EY Workforce and Practice Division
- Deputy Director of Early Years Improvement
- Deputy Director of Best Start Family
- Head of Market Reform & Funding Unit
- Head of BSiL Priority Groups
- Head of Best Start Family Hubs Policy Implementation Unit
- Head of Long-term Best Start In Life Strategy
- Team Leader, Early Years SEND Accountability, SEND reform Delivery and Support
- Team leader, Disadvantage & SEND Funding
- Team Leader, Market Reform & Funding Strategy
- Team Leader, EY SEND Strategy and Specialist Team
- Team Leader, Early Years Outcomes and Interventions Research and Analysis
- Team Leader, Funding Reform Policy
- Team Leader, Operational Policy & Legislation
- Team Leader, School Based Nurseries Analysis
- Team Leader, Family Hubs Research & Evaluation Team
- Economic Advisor, Early Years Analysis and Research Unit
- Senior Policy Advisor, Disadvantage & SEND Funding
- Senior Policy Advisor, Entitlements Delivery Unit
- Senior Policy Advisor, Market Oversight and Regulation Unit
- Senior Policy Advisor, User Journey Policy, Entitlements Delivery
- Deputy Director, Press Office
- Deputy Head of News
- Media Officer
- Media Officer
- Head of Knowledge, Analysis and Intelligence, Benefits & Cross Government Analysis, HMRC
- Head of Tax-Free Childcare - Policy and Engagement, HMRC
- Analyst, Universal Credit Policy Research, DWP
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