Children’s minister Dawn Primarolo told the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee yesterday that she intended to delay the date when the Early Years Single Funding Formula takes effect.
Local authorities were expected to start applying the formula in April 2010. But a government survey has shown that less than a third of authorities are ready to deliver from April 2010, forcing ministers to backtrack on the plans and delay the formula until April 2011.
"I have asked my officials to invite all local authorities that are confident they are ready to implement their new formulae in April 2010 and who wish to do so to continue as planned," said Primarolo.
"These local authorities will be able to apply to join a pathfinder programme, which currently involves nine local authorities but which we will now expand."
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