
Many providers also report that they have little choice but to pass on the shortfall in funding to parents.
The CEEDA research is published during the Early Years Alliance Fair Future Funding action week, when dozens of MPs are visiting childcare providers in England to witness first-hand the impact of underfunding on the sector.
The survey found that almost one in five childcare providers (18 per cent) now require parents to pay for extra hours alongside the Government’s 30-hour funded entitlement (18 per cent).
For parents using the universal 15 hours for three- and four-year-olds, this is the case for 17 per cent of providers.
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