1. What is the current timeframe for financial year 2024/25 on which you pay childcare providers for the delivery of funded early education and childcare places? (ie. Do you currently pay providers monthly, termly, offer a choice or use a different timeframe?
Monthly
2. If you pay termly do you split the funding, please provide details of how this is done? (eg 75% at the start of term and 25% towards the end?)
N/A
3. If you pay termly, when in the term do you make the first payment to providers?
N/A
4. If you pay monthly, when in the month do you make the payment to providers?
Week 1
5. Have you consulted with providers in the last two years on how you make payments to them for the delivery of funded early education and childcare places
No
Capital Grants:
The government announced £100m of capital support through the Childcare Expansion Capital Grant in autumn 2023. The fund was to support the provision of new places to support the expansion of:
* 30-hours entitlement places for children aged 9-months to 3-year-olds
* wraparound provision for primary school aged children
6. How much (in £) was your local authority’s allocation from central government under the Childcare Expansion Capital Grant scheme?
2023/24 £1,482,972
Early Years £1,186,378 (80%)
Wraparound £296,594 (20%)
7. How much (in £) of your local authority’s allocation under the Childcare Expansion Capital Grant scheme has been distributed to any eligible recipients?
£0
8. How much (in £) of your local authority’s allocation under the Childcare Expansion Capital Grant scheme has been distributed to:
a. private, voluntary or independent providers in the early years sector
b. School based settings
c. Local authority infrastructure projects
£0
9. Please provide a % breakdown of the distributed funds under the Childcare Expansion Capital Grant has been spent between:
a. Children taking up an early years place through the expanded 30-hours entitlement for qualifying working parents
b. Increasing the supply of wraparound childcare for primary-school aged children.
£0
Childcare Sufficiency Assessments:
10. Have you completed a Childcare Sufficiency Assessments in the last two years? Please provide a copy of this CSA report.
Yes, please find the report here: Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2022-23