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<p>We want parents to have access to a range of affordable childcare, giving them
increased flexibility in their working hours and helping children thrive in the crucial
early years. That is why the department is investing £3.5 billion in our early education
offers this year alone. The cost of 30 hours free childcare is set in table 1, attached.
The total for 2017-18 is due to rounding.</p><p>The number of children that have benefitted
from 30 hours free childcare in each year is set out in table 2, attached.</p><p>In
total, around 600,000 children aged 3 and 4 years old benefitted from a 30 hours place
throughout the first 2 years of delivery.</p><p>We do not hold data on estimates of
the number of parents that have benefitted from the 30 hours entitlement in England.</p>
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