Conducted by the Daycare Trust, the survey of 400 parents whose children receive 12.5 hours of free entitlement, showed 23 per cent of them had been asked to pay for some of it.
Last month, CYP Now reported that nurseries had been charging parents for childcare and reimbursing them at a later date, despite a legal duty to provide the entitlement free at the point of delivery. The survey's results confirm that this is happening, with seven per cent of parents reporting being charged "up-front fees".
The findings come as the free entitlement is extended to 15 hours for all threeand four-year-olds, and a new code of practice for childcare providers is introduced, making charging top-up fees for free childcare unlawful.
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