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<p>The department is committed to ensuring all parents who are eligible for the 30
hours free childcare entitlement are able to take up a place that suits their childcare
needs. We have already provided significant support to local authorities and providers
through our delivery contractor, ‘Childcare Works’, providing tailored support to
help progress implementation plans.</p><p> </p><p>In November 17, we also launched
the ‘Delivery Support Fund’ to support local authorities, and enable them to support
their providers,</p><p> </p><p>On 19 December 2017, we published ’30 hours free childcare:
autumn term 2017’. This showed that, in the first term of delivery, an estimated 1,094
children were in a 30 hours place in Manchester – this was 82% of those issued with
a 30 hours eligibility code.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, as of 8 January, 2,235 30
hours eligibility codes had been issued in Manchester for the spring term and 1,311
of these codes had been validated via the department’s eligibility checking system.
This data was published in the management information release: ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673119/30-hours_childcare_management_information_stats-_Jan_2018.pdf"
target="_blank">30 hours free childcare eligibility codes issued and validated: January
2018</a>’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>We will continue to publish regular management information on the rollout of
30 hours free childcare at a national and local level.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p>
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