The latest Department for Education survey of ‘Childcare and Early Years Providers in England 2016’, shows that 44,250 providers are planning to offer the 30-hours of funded childcare, compared with 54,900 delivering the current entitlement.
The research was carried out by by Kantar Public (formerly TNS BMRB). The survey is regularly carried out for the DfE.
The data is based upon 10,000 interviews with 'group-based providers' (nurseries), 'school-based providers' and childminders. It is unclear whether figures have been scaled up to reflect the whole of the childcare sector.
However, interviews were conducted between March and July 2016 before the new funding rates were announced and the 30-hour pilots started. As such, the Pre-School Learning Alliance has warned that the number of settings planning on opting out of the 30-hours could be much higher.
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