According to the figures, 377,535 codes for the 30 hours of funded childcare for three- and four-year-olds were issued for the summer term by 31 March. Of these, 327,558 were validated by the local authority by 9 April, equivalent to 87 per cent of all codes issued. This means that nearly 50,000 parents have not had their code validated.
As expected, the number of codes that have been issued have increased since the previous terms.
Codes can continue to be validated by local authorities throughout the term, however, and further figures on validations for the summer term will be published by DfE.
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