Petition · past parliament

Call for Government to scrap its plans on childcare ratio changes and undertake a full consultation with practitioners and parents on future proposals

Closed 14,068 signatures

Government response · 7 August 2013

As this e-petition has passed 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department will be providing a Government response.

We have recently consulted on reform of childcare ratios and are currently considering all the responses. We expect to publish a response to the consultation shortly.

An update will be posted to this petition once the consultation response has been published.

Timeline

27 Feb 2013 Petition opened for signatures
7 Jul 2013 Passed 10,000 signatures, requiring a government response
7 Aug 2013 Government responded
27 Feb 2014 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 14,068
Status Closed
Opened 27 Feb 2013
Closed 27 Feb 2014
Response 7 Aug 2013

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