Earlier today the Prime Minister reiterated a pledge from the Conservative manifesto to double the number of funded hours from 15 to 30 hours a week for working parents from 2017.
The Tories claim that their plans would mean 600,000 more childcare places and nine million hours of free childcare a week.
Interviewed on the BBC’s Daily Politics Show, Mr Gyimah confirmed that there would be a consultation with the sector if the Conservatives are elected.
‘We’ve also amplified that we need to support the childcare sector to deliver this because if we’re doubling the number of free hours to parents we need to make sure that the hourly rates that the childcare providers get is the right rate and they can deliver it. We’re also going to review the funding formula for nurseries and childminders,’ he said.
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