North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust plans to close two nurseries by the end of 2014, with 50 jobs at risk and the loss of nearly 200 childcare places.
The decision was made after the trust carried out a review of the service, which found the nurseries had become ‘uneconomic’ to run.
During the debate on nursery schools yesterday, Stockton North's Labour MP Alex Cunningham asked the minister if he would ask his officials to see what advice and support they could offer to save the two nurseries from closure.
Mr Gyimah told the MP to write to him and said that he would ask DfE officials to look into the matter.
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