Consultation outcome

Childcare regulation

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 16 July 2013
• Last updated: 13 February 2014 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

The regulation of childcare consultation: government response

Ref: DFE-00032-2014

PDF, 404 KB, 17 pages

Detail of outcome

The consultation on ‘The regulation of childcare’ ran from 16 July to 30 September 2013, this document summarises the responses to the consultation and provides the government’s response.

It explains the government’s decisions on the proposals to simplify the childcare registration system and strengthen the safeguarding and welfare requirements. It aims to expand the supply of flexible and affordable childcare provision to meets the needs of working parents, while promoting quality.

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Original consultation

Summary

The department invites views on childcare provider regulatory system reform.

This consultation ran from
16 July 2013 to 11:45pm on 30 September 2013

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on reforming the regulatory system for childcare providers.

It seeks to remove burdens and simplify processes and proposes replacing the general childcare register with a child safety register.

Documents

The regulation of childcare consultation

PDF, 288 KB, 8 pages

Annex A

PDF, 110 KB, 7 pages

Published 16 July 2013

Last updated 13 February 2014 + show all updates

1. 13 February 2014

   Published government response to the consultation.

2. 16 July 2013

   First published.