Mrs Hodge announced that the first 29 Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership plans in England for the year 2001/2002 year had been approved by the Government, while the other 121 partnership plans are currently being assessed by the DfEE.
Mrs Hodge said, 'Local partnerships have been tremendously successful in expanding high-quality nursery and childcare places. Targets for new childcare places are being beaten by a third, virtually meeting the national target of 128,000 new places in just nine months. This means that between April 1997 and December 2000, new childcare places for more than 625,000 children have been created.'
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