Data published today by the Department for Education shows that 247,514 two-year-old codes for the funded 15 hours have been issued. Of these, 211,027 were validated by early years providers or local authorities by 2 May – equivalent to 85 per cent of all those generated.
It comes as parents can apply for the 15 hours for children from nine months old from Sunday (12 May).
While the DfE has said previously it does not expect 100 per cent of codes to be validated as parents change their mind or may have been issued a code when they didn't need one, findings from Nursery World's recent survey suggests providers are struggling to meet demand for the new offer.
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