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

Spring 2025 Local Authority Codes Issued and Validated

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Codes issued and validated for Spring 2025, by LA/Region/National, by age of child and by whether the code was newly issued or had been eligible in a previous term.

Data set details

Theme
Early years
Publication
Expansion to early childcare entitlements: eligibility codes issued and validated
Release
March 2025
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Codes issued
  • Codes validated
  • Percentage of codes validated
Filters
  • Age
  • User Type
Time period
2025

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
geographic_leveltime_periodtime_identifiercountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_namela_codela_nameold_la_codeageuser_typecodes_issuedcodes_validatedpercentage_validated
National2025Reporting yearE92000001England1YOExisting18199017040993.64
National2025Reporting yearE92000001England1YONew439253476679.15
National2025Reporting yearE92000001England2YOExisting665576331595.13
National2025Reporting yearE92000001England2YONew21347919831292.9
National2025Reporting yearE92000001England9 - 12 MonthNew360813176388.03

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 5 variables
Variable nameVariable description
ageAge
codes_issuedCodes issued
codes_validatedCodes validated
percentage_validatedPercentage of codes validated
user_typeUser Type

Footnotes

  1. Eligibility Checking Service data was aggregated to local authorities using the child's postcode, and the ONS November 2024 postcode directory. This means that codes validated will not align with the total aggregated using the provider postcode, which is relevant to funding. This also means that validation rates can only be between 0% and 100%.
  2. Small drops in the validation rate can occur as the number of codes issued can exceed validations by more than the validation rate, but this won't happen for long into the term. This trajectory of validation rates is consistent with other terms and with data on three and four-year-olds.

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