The government has launched a public consultation on the planned funding formula for the expansion of hourly childcare entitlements set to be introduced from April next year.
The consultation lays out expected funding rates for 2024/25 during which time 30 hours funded childcare will be rolled-out to children from nine months old.
Plans to expand childcare entitlements, announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt in the most recent Budget, mean that from April next year, working parents of two-year-olds will be able to access 15 hours of funded childcare per week, from September this will be extended to parents of nine-month to three-year-olds.
From September 2025 working parents of nine-month to three-year-olds will be able to access 30 funded hours per week, according to the Department for Education.
