The report, Finance: Current Issues and Future Policy Proposals, has been prepared for the group's next meeting on Wednesday 3 March. It is co-authored by Peter Churchley, chief executive of childcare organisation Caring Daycare, and Philip Blackburn, author of Laing and Buisson's annual report on the childcare sector.
According to the discussion paper, the government's children's centre programme is vulnerable to cuts as it has delivered "mixed success" while "its penetration in deprived areas is variable and inconsistent across the country".
The authors suggest that from 2011 government funding for the programme will be reduced and no longer ringfenced. As a result ministers will move to identify and focus on services which produce the most effective outcomes for families.
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