NOW 2004
- There are 524 Sure Start local programmes, 1,139 neighbourhood nurseries, 107 early excellence centres and 67 children's centres up and running
- Universal offer of two-and-a-half hours free nursery education each school day for three- and four-year-olds
- Green paper and Children Bill set out future vision - more details of the Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme expected in the autumn
- A green paper on youth to be published in the autumn to bring together services for young people
BY 2008
- More flexible offer of 12-and-a-half hours a week of free "educare" for three- and four-year-olds for 33 weeks of the year
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