FOI Ref: FOI/2021/3114
You asked
Please supply data of how developed children are this year against how developed children were in previous years. I was wondering if you had any data on child development in previous non pandemic years and/or data from pandemic years (2020,2021), for example the average score from the ASQ surveys at 48, 54 and 60 months.
If you have this data or any relevant data, please could I have a copy? If you do not have this data, then please could you advise me on the relevant organisation or individuals I need to contact.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We have checked the data held by Social Survey Division and with colleagues from across the wider Public Policy Analysis Directorate for the data on the development of children. We can confirm that we do not hold the data that is being requested.
Data on the early years of children and child development are the preserve of the Department for Education (DfE) who may be better placed to assist. They can be contacted via the following FOI contact form: DfE FOI Contact Form.