The extra £6 million per year includes an 11 per cent rise to the hourly rate paid to providers to deliver the 30 hours, as well as an additional £3.5m investment in the Welsh Government’s Flying Start scheme, which provides childcare for disadvantaged two and three-year-olds.
The move, announced by the deputy minister for social services Julie Morgan who carried out a review of funding rates, is intended to help provide greater sustainability across the childcare sector in Wales.
Morgan also committed to review childcare funding rates in Wales at least every three years, and announced an increase in the maximum amount settings can charge parents for food from £7.50 to £9 a day – designed to reflect the rise in food prices, utility and energy costs.
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