Consultation outcome

Early years funding – extension of the entitlements

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Detail of outcome

A summary of responses received and the government’s response to the consultation and next steps.

The early years funding benchmarking tool has also been updated.


Original consultation

Summary

We are seeking views on proposals regarding our approach to funding for early years entitlements for 2-year-olds and under from April 2024.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

After the introduction of the new entitlements for working parents of children aged 9 months to 2 years, this consultation focuses on the way entitlements funding for children 2 years old and under will be distributed from the Department for Education to local authorities from April 2024.

We are also making proposals on how local authorities distribute this funding to their providers.

Published 21 July 2023
Last updated 29 November 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added government response to the consultation on 'Early years funding – extension of the entitlements'.

  2. First published.