Data set from Childcare and early years provider survey

Parents use funded hours throughout year

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Published 14 December 2023

Last updated 14 December 2023

The proportion of providers that provide entitlements throughout the year.  See Section 8 of the release for more details of the different entitlements.

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Data set details

• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Childcare and early years provider survey
• Release: Reporting year 2023
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Parents can use funded hours during school term-time only
  • Parents can use funded hours throughout the year
  • Unweighted base
• Filters:
  • Entitlement type
  • Provider type
• Time period: 2023

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	provider_type	entitlement_type	throughout_year	term_time_only	unweighted_base
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Nursery class childcare settings	15 hours free entitlement for 2-year-olds	11	89	174
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Maintained nursery schools	15 hours free entitlement for 2-year-olds	4	96	54
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	All school-based providers	15 hours free entitlement for 2-year-olds	10	90	228
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Private group-based providers	15 hours free entitlement for 2-year-olds	53	47	457
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Voluntary group-based providers	15 hours free entitlement for 2-year-olds	19	81	209

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 5 variables

Variable name	Variable description
entitlement_type	Entitlement type
provider_type	Provider type
term_time_only	Parents can use funded hours during school term-time only
throughout_year	Parents can use funded hours throughout the year
unweighted_base	Unweighted base

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Footnotes

1. There are a very small number of providers where parents can only use funded hours outside of the school term.  These are excluded from the tables. 

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