The vouchers may have to be posted or redeemed over the telephone, unnecessarily taking up further time. Then each payment has to be traced through the banking systems to check that the money has been placed in the correct account.
Isn't it time for childcare managers to rebel at this continued extra work placed on an already overstretched workload? Perhaps the companies who are making this 60m turnover should pay a registration fee for each family who use the scheme, which may go part way towards the administrative time.
Valerie Edge, childcare manager of Henry's Kindergarten, Winchester
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