Fund "Free" sessions correctly so nurseries give free childcare and be viable

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

I applaud the idea of free childcare ONLY if the full price is paid. The current scheme leaves a funding gap requiring the childcare provider to foot the bill for the gap …, or go out of business. Free childcare is not free! The "loss' is funded by the nursery provider

Fund nursery places properly.

The fact that the Government is erroneously promoting free childcare and legally tying up providers to bridge the gap and make a loss is catastrophic. What other sector would accept being forced to offer their products or services at a loss?

Effectively the Government is artificially controlling the business model and putting the sector at risk.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Increase funding for early years settings: Increase funding for early years settings

At the Spring Budget the Government said that it would provide £204 million in 2023-24, increasing to £288 million in 2024-25, to substantially uplift the hourly funding rate paid to providers to deliver the existing free hours offers in England: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spring-budget-2023/spring-budget-2023-html

Timeline

20 Mar 2023	Petition opened for signatures
23 Mar 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Mar 2023

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