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<p>The Department has demonstrated its commitment to evaluating the longer-term impact
of the free entitlement, by publishing an evaluation feasibility study in February
2016, and gaining independent advice on the data and methods open to us. Frontier
Economics was commissioned by the Department to undertake this work at a cost of £14,850
(exclusive of tax).</p><p> </p><p>We have since commissioned an independent evaluation
of Early Implementation of the 30 hours free childcare entitlement. This evaluation
will focus on generating learning that can be used by Early Implementers and all local
authorities ahead of national rollout in September 2017. It will be carried out by
Frontier Economics working with NatCen Social Research and Ivana La Valle (an independent
researcher).</p><p> </p><p>We will use the learning from the early implementers to
continue to inform the full-roll out of the entitlement.</p>
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