Issue - meetings

The committee will receive an update report as agreed in January 2017, reporting on the impact of the increased childcare entitlement from September 2017.

Report to follow as supplement.

he Committee received an update report by the Head of Children’s Commissioning and Joint Planning on the impact of the increased childcare entitlement from September 2017, as requested in January 2017.

It was noted that the work being carried out was to meet the requirement to make available sufficient childcare in Wiltshire, so far as was reasonably practicable, for working parents, or parents who were studying or training for employment, for children aged 0-14 (or up to 18 for disabled children). 

The information and data collected formed an important role in the success of funding applications to the Department for Education to support sufficiency and the sector.  Members were pleased to note that in the last year Wiltshire was successful in securing additional Early Years capital funding of £1.4 million to support areas in Wiltshire in most need of additional Early Years provision. Further funding had been accessed to provide Early Years provision via the Section 106 agreement funding from housing developers.  The funding received had contributed to sufficient capacity for Early Years places for children to access both 15 and 30 hours Free Entitlement in most areas of the County.

Resolved:

To note the contents of the report and to thank the officers for the information provided.