The Childcare (Provision of Information About Young Children) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Citation and commencement
1.
These Regulations may be cited as The Childcare (Provision of Information About Young Children) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st September 2017.
Amendments to the Childcare (Provision of Information About Young Children) (England) Regulations 2009
2.
3.
In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(1)
““the 2017 Regulations” means the School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 20173;”
(2)
““disability access fund” means funding allocated by a local authority
for the purpose of funded early years provision to children who meet the criteria in regulation 18(3) of the 2017 Regulations;”
(3)
in the definition of “early years pupil premium” for “School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2014” substitute “2017 Regulations”; and
(4)
““funded early years provision” means early years provision which is available free of charge in pursuance of the duty imposed—
(a)
by section 7 of the Act (duty to secure prescribed early years provision free of charge); and
(b)
under section 2 of the Childcare Act 2016 (extended entitlement)4;”
4.
In the Schedule—
(1)
“10A.
Number of hours funded by the local authority in excess of funded early years provision that the child receives per week.”
(2)
“A1
Whether funded early years provision is provided to the child in more than 38 weeks in the funding period.”
(3)
in paragraph 12(2) for “section 8 of the Act (powers of a local authority in relation to the provision of childcare)” substitute “section 7A of the Act and section 2 of the Childcare Act 2016”.
(4)
In paragraph 14(2) for “sub-paragraph (11)(c)(i) or (ii) of regulation 16 of the 2014 Regulations” substitute “sub-paragraph (2)(c)(i) or (ii) of regulation 17 of the 2017 Regulations”.
(5)
In paragraph 14(3) for “sub-paragraph (14) of regulation 16 of the 2014 Regulations” substitute “sub-paragraph (5) of regulation 17 of the 2017 Regulations”.
(6)
“15.
Whether the provider is in receipt of a disability access fund allocation in relation to the child.
16.
If the child is in receipt of funded early years provision specified for the purposes of section 2(1) of the Childcare Act 2016, evidence of the child’s eligibility for this provision.”
These Regulations amend the Childcare (Provision of Information About Young Children) (England) Regulations 2009 (“the 2009 Regulations”). The 2009 Regulations prescribe individual child information that early years providers must provide to the Secretary of State and their local authority if requested.
Regulation 3 amends several of the definitions in the 2009 Regulations. In particular the definition of “funded early years provision” is amended to include reference to free childcare provided for the purposes of section 2 of the Childcare Act 2016 (known as the “extended entitlement” for children of working parents). Regulation 3 also inserts a definition of “disability access fund”.
Regulation 4 amends the Schedule to the 2009 Regulations and requires providers of funded early years provision to provide four additional items of information: the number of hours of early years provision that the local authority funds in excess of their legal duties under the Childcare Acts; whether the funded early years provision is provided to the child in more than 38 weeks in the funding period (as defined in regulation 12(2) of the 2009 Regulations); whether the provider is in receipt of a disability access fund allocation in relation to the child; and where the child is in receipt of funded early years provision under the extended entitlement, evidence of the eligibility.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no significant impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.