Management information on eligibility codes for the extended childcare entitlement for working parents.
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Percentage of issued codes validated before 18th April 2024
Total of codes issued to parents successfully, i.e., eligible parents of two-year-olds who applied by 31st March.
Validated Codes
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This file report total counts of codes issued and validated for two-year-olds by 17th April 2024.
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This data reports management information from DfE's Eligibility Checking Service.
We are publishing cumulative numbers of two-year-old children applying for the April 2024 term.
Three variables are reported - Codes Issued, Codes Validated, and the percentage of issued codes which have been validated.
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