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  • HMRC carried out 2 surveys to learn how COVID-19 affected demand for Tax-Free Childcare in late 2020 and in 2021.

  • 'Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families' indicator data used to track progress in tackling disadvantages affecting families’ and children’s outcomes.

  • Children’s social care statistics for Northern Ireland presents figures, collected from each of the five health and social care trusts, for children in need at 31 March and year ending 31 March.

  • Provides evidence about the effectiveness of the early years local government programme in tackling gaps in early language and literacy skills.

  • Research into how early years providers support disadvantaged children, children with SEND, the home learning environment and healthy eating.

  • Research into occupancy, spare capacity and staff ratios for early years providers.

  • The main findings from a follow-up survey with respondents to the 2018 Childcare and early years survey of parents (CEYSP).

  • Research into the impact of early education at ages 2 to 5 on child outcomes at the start of school, and the importance of the early years home environment.

  • Evaluating the effectiveness of the 2018 to 2019 Tax-Free Childcare campaign.

  • Research exploring the barriers preventing some eligible parents from signing up to, and using Tax-Free Childcare.

  • Findings from the January 2019 to August 2019 survey of parents on childcare and early years.

  • Tables providing a range of demographic information relating to the population of Northern Ireland.

  • Children’s social care statistics for Northern Ireland presents figures, collected from each of the five health and social care trusts, for children in need at 31 March and year ending 31 March.

  • These papers present the research evidence underpinning Ofsted's proposed education inspection framework.

  • Experimental statistics on the use of 30 hours free childcare from April to July 2019.

  • Early years provision for children under 5 years in the local authority maintained, private, voluntary and independent sectors in England.

  • Management information on the number of 30 hours free childcare codes issued and validated for the summer term 2019.

  • 'Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families' indicator data used to track progress in tackling disadvantages affecting families’ and children’s outcomes.

  • Experimental statistics on the use of 30 hours free childcare from January to March 2019.

  • Findings from the January 2018 to August 2018 survey of parents on childcare and early years.