Data set from Expansion to early childcare entitlements: eligibility codes issued and validated

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Published 24 September 2025

Last updated 24 September 2025

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• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Expansion to early childcare entitlements: eligibility codes issued and validated
• Release: September 2025
• Number of rows: 8
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Codes issued
  • Codes validated
  • Percentage of codes validated
• Filters:
  • Age of child at start of term
• Time period: 2024/25 Summer term to 2025/26 Autumn term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	age_of_child	codes_issued	codes_validated	percentage_validated
202425	Summer term	National	E92000001	England	One-year-olds	234957	219071	93%
202425	Summer term	National	E92000001	England	Two-year-olds	285634	270686	95%
202425	Summer term	National	E92000001	England	9 months - 12 months	38379	35805	93%
202425	Summer term	National	E92000001	England	Total	558970	525578	94%
202526	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	One-year-olds	242824	216852	89%

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Table showing all 4 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age_of_child	Age of child at start of term
codes_issued	Codes issued
codes_validated	Codes validated
percentage_validated	Percentage of codes validated

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