The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has vowed to extend funding for phase one of the programme, although it has not said how much it will commit. However, it has failed to shed any light on whether the second phase of the programme, which is already under way, will receive funding.
The first phase, run by the London Development Agency (LDA), involved subsidising the cost of full daycare and flexible care in all 33 boroughs. The pilot was due to finish in December but has now been extended to March 2009. But the DCSF has revealed revised funding arrangements will be in place by April 2009, with further information available in autumn.
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