It comes after providers and sector bodies urged the devolved government to reconsider the regularity of reviews amid rising business costs.
In Wales, children aged three and four whose parents are in work, training or education are entitled to 30 hours of funded childcare over 48 weeks a year. Children under the age of four from deprived families can access 12.5 hours of funded childcare for 39 weeks of the year through the Flying Start programme, which will eventually be expanded to all two-year-olds.
In a written statement, Dawn Bowden, minister for children and social care, said, ‘We recognise the need to support an environment where the sector is able to thrive and grow if we are to deliver our ambitions set out in our Early Childhood, Play, Learning and Care Plan. Taking into account the views of the sector, we will move to annual reviews following the completion of the current three-year review. This approach will support the sector with planning and improve sustainability.
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