Impact assessment

Childcare Bill: impact assessment

Assessment of the proposed Childcare Bill.

From:
Department for Education
Published
2 July 2015
This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Considering the impact of the Childcare Bill provisions

Ref: DFE-00176-2015

PDF, 130 KB, 7 pages

Details

Document assessing the impact of the new entitlement to free childcare for working parents of 3- and 4-year-old children from 15 to 30 hours per week.

It considers the impact of this policy on:

  • the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
  • the European Convention on Human Rights
  • child poverty
  • the public sector equality duty
  • the family test

You can follow the passage of the Childcare Bill and read related amendments and documentation on the Parliament website.

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Published 2 July 2015

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