Making the announcement this morning at Nursery World’s Business Summit in London, the childcare minister Sam Gyimah confirmed that the Department for Education with a team of consultants from Deloitte, will report back their findings from the review on 25 November, alongside the Government’s spending review.
During the summer, nurseries were asked to share with the Government their costs of providing the free childcare places.
However, as Nursery World reported last month, most of the providers who responded did not give figures, leaving the Department for Education unable to understand the costs of providing the free hours.
Mr Gyimah said, 'We have been carrying out the funding review to understand the costs facing providers, which will allow us to set a level of funding needed to deliver high-quality childcare provision, while at the same time providing good value to the taxpayer. The review has been going on for six months. The results will be part of the 25 November Autumn Statement, which the Chancellor will be delivering for the whole Government.
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