If early years grant monies were allowed to be spent in voucher form as either a contribution towards nursery fees or in full payment depending upon a setting's individual charges, parents would be able to access all settings, making a personal choice as to how much they wished to invest or sacrifice in relation to their child's care.
It is healthy for the daycare market to offer parents a wide variety of settings, but you cannot run a Mercedes on Ford budgets. The higher the quality of childcare and the setting accommodating it, the higher the overheads and subsequently the fees to support it.
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