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<p>We would not expect all of the 30 hours codes generated by the childcare service
to be validated.[1]</p><p> </p><p>The system generates codes for younger children
who will become eligible in the spring term. This is to give parents ample time to
reserve their childcare place. These parents may not yet have taken their code to
their provider to be validated.</p><p> </p><p>The system also generates codes for
4- and 5-year old children, as some parents may wish to defer entry to school and
use a 30 hours code in a private, voluntary or independent provider. However, the
vast majority of 4- and 5-year-old children will be in state-funded reception places
and will not need to use the 30 hours code.</p><p> </p><p>We would expect the number
of codes validated to continue to increase as term-time providers have reopened after
the summer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] The childcare service
is a joint application system for Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare.
30 hours codes are generated for all successful applications for children within the
following age range: 2 years and 36 weeks to 5 years and 22 weeks.</p>
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