Research commissioned by the Department for Education as part of its review into the cost of expanding free childcare to 30 hours is not held by the DfE, Nursery World can reveal, despite being quoted 50 times in a key report.
In response to a Freedom of Information request by the Pre-school Learning Alliance, the DfE has confirmed that research carried out by Deloitte for the review of childcare costs is not held by the department.
The alliance had asked for a copy of the research in the FOI filed on 12 January and received a delayed response on 10 March. Responses to FOI requests have a statutory deadline of 20 working days. The DfE did not give a reason for the delay.
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