Policy paper

Childcare Bill: policy statement

The government鈥檚 intention to extend free entitlement to childcare.

From:
Department for Education
Published
2 July 2015
Last updated
4 December 2015 鈥� See all updates
This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Ref: DFE-00177-2015

PDF, 283 KB, 24 pages

Details

This policy statement provides further details on the extended entitlement to free childcare for parents of children aged 3 and 4.

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Updates to this page

Published 2 July 2015
Last updated 4 December 2015 show all updates

  1. Updated to reflect recent announcements on early years in the Autumn Statement and further policy developments ahead of committee stage of the Childcare Bill.

  2. Updated 'Childcare Bill: policy statement' document. Also added 'The cost of providing childcare: analysis of responses' and 'Review of the cost of providing childcare in England terms of reference' documents.

  3. First published.

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