The CAP 09-11 phase was originally allocated 12m in August to runin ten boroughs (News, 12 August). It will now run in eight boroughs,which will each receive up to 1m in funding.
An LDA spokesperson said four of the initial boroughs had withdrawn forvarious reasons.
'These include a freeze on recruitment within their boroughs, otherinternal resourcing issues, decisions to take up other supportprogrammes in their areas, and the potential impact of the currenteconomic climate. The budget has been reduced by 3m, reflectingthe fewer number of boroughs and some additional identified costsavings. The amount of support being provided to each confirmed boroughhas not changed.'
The names of the boroughs taking part in the scheme managed by theLondon Development Agency were confirmed last week.
Lewisham, Enfield, Merton and Wandsworth have pulled out but Harrow andWestminster will now take part.
The two-year programme, which starts this month, will offer subsidisedchildcare and support for 1,600 families earning less than 20,000.
The subsidised offer will contribute to the cost of flexible, highquality childcare for unemployed couples and lone parents in Brent,Ealing, Hackney, Southwark and Westminster, while parents in Barking &Dagenham, Islington and Harrow are to be offered one-to-one guidance ontraining, employment and finding childcare.
They will test different ways to help families where parents areunemployed or there is only one earner in the household and lone parentswho are out-of-work.
