'Securing sufficient childcare' guidance
- Provider:
- Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Topics:
- Early years and childcare
- Type:
- Information and guidance
- Date:
- July 2007
This statutory guidance has been published to assist LAs in completing their duties to secure sufficient childcare, which will enable parents to work and undertake training. This duty comes into force from April 2008.
Other duties to secure information, advice and training for childcare providers come into force from October 2007.
These duties are being introduced under sections 6–10 and section 13 of the Childcare Act 2006.
Click to read more about assessing and securing sufficient childcare.
Associated documents
Securing sufficient childcare: Guidance
(798.0Kb)
Download the contents of this page:
as a Word Document
Last updated on 01/07/2007





