Children: Day Care

(asked on 6th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of Early Years settings that have fallen into financial difficulties as a result of delayed payments for 30 hours of funded childcare from local authorities.


Answered by
Nadhim Zahawi Portrait
Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 12th March 2018

The information requested is not held centrally.

It is the responsibility of local authorities to enter into agreements with providers to deliver free early education entitlements and childcare. These agreements should be clear about how and when providers will be paid and the documentation required from providers in order to receive payment.

The government’s expectations on what should be included in those agreements were set out in the department’s model agreement. The model agreement was developed in partnership with early years providers and local authorities. It is intended to bring greater consistency to provider agreements across all local authorities and all types of providers. Furthermore, it includes an expectation that from September 2018, all providers, especially childminders, should be paid monthly unless they request otherwise.

The Model Agreement: Early years provision free of charge and free childcare can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/
file/604417/Model_Agreement_FINAL_20170302.pdf
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