According to annual statistics for provision for children under five in England, as of January 2018, 80 per cent of three- and four-year-olds taking up 30 hours places were doing so at private and voluntary nurseries, pre-schools or with childminders.
For three-year-olds on the 30 hours, 82 per cent were in PVI settings, and for four-year-olds, 76 per cent.
In January, a term after the 30 hours had come into force, 296,920 three- and four-year-old children benefitted from the extended entitlement.
A total of 32,250 settings provided extended funded early education to three- and four-year-old children, including 11,220 childminders.
The figures show that 7 per cent of three- year-olds, 6 per cent of four-year-olds, and 7 per cent of three-and four-year-olds, were using their 30 hours place in a childminder setting.
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