Children: Day Care

(asked on 12th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2017 to Question 3433, what proportion of Ofsted-registered (a) PVI providers, (b) childminders, (c) maintained providers in nursery schools or nursery classes and (d) other childcare providers have signed up to the childcare choices website; and what proportion of (i) providers and (ii) providers who have registered for the website fall into each such category.


Answered by
Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 20th July 2017

The Childcare Choices website provides information on whether parents could be eligible for a range of government childcare offers, including 30 hours free childcare. Parents can apply for Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare through the digital Childcare Service, which is accessible via Childcare Choices. Providers do not sign up to offer 30 hours free childcare via Childcare Choices.

Ofsted is the non-ministerial government department responsible for the registration of childcare providers. Ofsted publishes a regular series of statistics relating to registration on its website, including the information requested - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-and-childcare-statistics.

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