A survey of 3,658 parents eligible for the Government funded childcare for children from nine months, coming in from next month, finds that for a third, it has influenced when they return to work after maternity leave.
Of the respondents, 835 were on maternity leave. A quarter (28 per cent) said they are returning to work earlier than they would have liked to, while 7 per cent plan to return later than they would have liked to so that they can fit in with the scheme's start date. The intention of the expanded entitlement was to get more parents into work.
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