An appeal with the information regulator has been lodged after the DfE rejected a Freedom of Information (FOI) request made by the EYA to publish calculations behind the government's recent £44m increase in early years funding.
The early years body asked for more details over DfE claims the funding is enough to cover rising wage costs in the sector.
According to the EYA, the DfE rejected the FOI request as ministers already plan to release a document detailing factors behind the rate at which early years providers are funded for delivering free hour entitlements, including wage demands.
But the EYA says the DfE has not given a time scale on the release of the data.
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