Consultation outcome

Early years funding – extension of the entitlements

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 21 July 2023
• Last updated: 29 November 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Early years funding – extension of the entitlements: response to consultation

PDF, 366 KB, 42 pages

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.

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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
9:30am on 21 July 2023 to 11:59pm on 8 September 2023

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. 29 November 2023

   Added government response to the consultation on 'Early years funding – extension of the entitlements'.

2. 21 July 2023

   First published.