The Government has claimed that the £44m increase in early years funding, which came into effect in April, is enough to cover the increase in statutory wage costs - including the extension of the national living wage to 23- and 24-year-olds.
Earlier this year, children’s minister Vicky Ford publicly stated that the Government would share details of the calculations.
In April, the Alliance filed a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the DfE asking for the calculations underpinning the claims.
The Alliance said that the DfE rejected the request. It has subsequently filed the complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) over the DfE’s refusal to publish the information.
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