The Department for Education contacted all local authorities last week detailing how much funding each would receive from the Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare Grant (SSEYCG) for the first financial quarter of 2010/11.
But attached to the letter was a message from Frances Carter, head of grants management for Sure Start.
"You will have seen the announcements made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer about an emergency Budget and the need to reduce public expenditure by £6bn overall in 2010-11," wrote Carter. "The implications of this commitment to specific grants and programmes are subject to decisions by ministers between now and the June Budget. This means the allocations previously notified to you for the year may be revised, and subsequent quarterly payments adjusted to reflect this."
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