The plans, which will be put out for consultation in the autumn, will mean parents can access the free hours for their children between 7am and 7pm and receive the full 15-hour entitlement over a minimum of two days as opposed to the current restriction of three.
In addition £30m will be made available for up to 30 local authorities to trial payment-by-results schemes in children’s centres. Children’s centres are also to be given a stronger focus on school readiness and there will be a new requirement for all local authorities to publish data on how much they are spending on children’s centres.
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