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

Spring 2025 time series

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A monthly time series of codes issued, validated, and percentage - from the start of the offer (January 2024) to the last month.

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 for 9 months to two-year-olds (Spring term)
  • Codes validated for 9 months to two-year-olds (Spring term)
  • Percentage of codes validated (Spring term)
Filters
  • User
Time period
2024 January to 2025 February

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
geographic_leveltime_periodtime_identifiercountry_codecountry_nametime_identifierageuser_typenew_la_codela_nameold_la_coderegion_nameregion_codecodes_issuedcodes_validatedpercentage_validated
National2024JanuaryE92000001EnglandReporting yearTotalExisting2372217377.32
National2024JanuaryE92000001EnglandReporting yearTotalNew5971761.27
National2024FebruaryE92000001EnglandReporting yearTotalExisting479741170924.41
National2024FebruaryE92000001EnglandReporting yearTotalNew160713642.26
National2024MarchE92000001EnglandReporting yearTotalExisting568693711865.27

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables
Variable nameVariable description
codes_issuedCodes issued for 9 months to two-year-olds (Spring term)
codes_validatedCodes validated for 9 months to two-year-olds (Spring term)
percentage_validatedPercentage of codes validated (Spring term)
user_typeUser

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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