The programme, which is jointly funded by the London Development Agencyand the Department for Education and Skills, allows high-qualitychildcare to be subsidised and made more accessible to lower-incomefamilies in the capital.
It takes the total number of places available through the programme to6,200. In November 2005 it began funding 3,000 places across London. Theprogramme aims to provide 10,000 subsidised places by March 2008.
National Day Nurseries Association's chief executive Purnima Tanuku saidthe programme played an important role in reducing the number ofchildren living in poverty and called for the scheme to be replicatedelsewhere in the UK. "High-quality childcare is a central part ofreducing child poverty and this programme will help many more familieson lower incomes access the positive benefits day nurseries offerchildren," she said. "We would like to see this type of initiativeextended nationally."
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