What was the total spend on childcare in Flying Start areas in Wales in each of the past 3 years?
The following numbers of children have accessed childcare through the Childcare Offer for Wales:
|
Year |
Take-up Figures |
Take-up Rate (All 3–4-year-olds) |
Childcare Offer Payments |
|
Sept 2022 – Aug 2023 |
-* |
- |
£69,923,994 |
|
Sept 2023 – Aug 2024 |
21,283 |
34% |
£73,525,138 |
|
Sept 2024 – Aug 2025 |
22,330 |
36% |
£75,992,789 |
*Comparable take-up figures for 2022-23 are not available. This is due to the Childcare Offer for Wales’ phased move from Local Authority reporting to the National Digital Service in that time period.
Expenditure on the Core Flying Start programme (the original Flying Start areas) and Phase 1 of the expansion includes all four elements of the Flying Start programme, including childcare for those aged 2 to 3. Expenditure on Phase 2 of the expansion programme (which began in April 2023) relates to childcare spending only.
|
|
2022-23
|
2023-24 |
2024-25 |
|
Core Flying Start (includes Expansion – Phase 1) |
£77,411,785 |
£83,005,125 |
£86,513,458 |
|
Expansion – Phase 2 |
- |
£13,032,277 |
£21,218,394 |
|
TOTAL
|
£77,411,785 |
£96,037,402 |
£107,731,852 |