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Call for change in rules on top-up fees

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 26 July 2007

The Government should urgently review its own rules banning private and voluntary nurseries from charging top-up fees, the Federation of Small Businesses said last week, after seeking legal advice on the revised code of practice.

The FSB has called into question whether the Government has fully considered the impact on the PVI sector which, it claims, is forcing some nurseries out of business. It sought legal opinion on the measures in the code because the Government did not carry out a Regulatory Impact Assessment when the revised code was published in April 2006. The FSB has called on the Government to carry out a...

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