Nursery World - Affordable childcare - Sector submits evidence to childcare committee

Childcare organisations have submitted their evidence to the House
of Lords on Affordable Childcare Committee.

PACEY, the Pre-school Learning Alliance (PLA), the Family and Childcare Trust and the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) are among the sector organisations that have submitted written evidence to the inquiry, which was set up to examine how pre-school childcare in England is funded.

A group of 12 peers will investigate the affordability of childcare and the justification for providing free hours and subsidising childcare through taxpayers' money, as well as childcare policy, child development, and whether state subsidies enable parents to work.

The key concern flagged up by organisations in evidence to the committee was underfunding, with providers pointing out that support for early education places has seen little or no change in hourly rates over the past five years, despite rising business costs. Many called for a radical review of childcare funding to prevent long-term underfunding driving costs upwards.

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