I don't claim to understand the changes in funding for early years services that are happening at the moment in local authorities, so I quote here from the DCSF website to describe it: 'In June 2007 the Government announced that local authorities (LAs) will be required to use a single local formula for funding early years provision in the maintained and PVI sectors from 2010-11. The single local formula is intended to support the extension of the free entitlement for three- and four-year-olds, and to address inconsistencies in how the offer is currently funded across the maintained and PVI sectors. This will help to ensure that decisions about funding for maintained and PVI providers are transparent, and based on the same factors. While funding levels and funding methodologies do not have to be exactly the same for all providers, any differences must be justifiable and demonstrable.'
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