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The Childcare Offer for Wales
Published: 10/02/2017
黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Cabinet will review and be asked to approve a
report on the Childcare Offer for Wales, following 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 successful bid
to be one of only six Welsh councils to take part in the early implementation
phase.
The Welsh Government has committed to expanding its offer for working parents
of 3 and 4 year olds up to a maximum of up to 30 hours a week of free early
education and childcare for 48 weeks of the year.
The offer will be piloted from September 2017 in 黑料吃瓜网, Gwynedd, Anglesey,
Swansea, Blaenau Gwent and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Cabinet Member for Social Services, Councillor
Christine Jones, said:
鈥淚 am delighted that 黑料吃瓜网 has been chosen to pilot this scheme which will
benefit our hard working parents and help them balance raising their children
with their working lives. Being able to offer children 30 hours of Welsh
Government funded childcare will make a huge difference to the families who
qualify. This also includes holiday child care which will help with the high
costs of holiday care.鈥�
The Leader of the Council, Councillor Aaron Shotton, said:
鈥淎ccess to free flexible child care will be of significant benefit to working
families across Wales and I am pleased that 黑料吃瓜网 will lead the way in
delivering this key Welsh Government aim.鈥�
The recommendation is to pilot the scheme across 黑料吃瓜网, up to a maximum of
441 children for the 2017-18 school year.