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<p>It is important that children get the best start in life, good quality childcare
can help with this and we want to ensure that families have access to this.</p><p>Without
a definition of standards, the quality of childcare can be variable. A consistent
regulatory regime for childcare helps ensure children receive the relevant safeguarding
and quality standards. This is why, to be entitled to the childcare element of Working
Tax Credit, the childcare service used must be registered with the appropriate authority.</p><p>Those
registered childcare providers were able to continue to provide childcare to key worker
and vulnerable children throughout summer 2020.</p>
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