The Department for Education (DfE) wants to hear from early years providers and schools about what costs they have to meet to provide the early education places, as well any studies and research that have been carried out into childcare costs.
The call for evidence, which is also open to local authorities and parents, closes on 10 August. Its findings will be used to inform the review into funding, being led by childcare minister Sam Gyimah and taking place ahead of the summer.
The Government has committed to increasing the average funding rate paid to providers for the early education places ahead of the introduction of 30 hours of free childcare a week for three- and four-year-olds. Only households where all parents work will be eligible for the offer. Pilots of the scheme will start from September 2016 in some areas, before being rolled out nationally the following year.
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