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Impressive progress in expansion of childcare and early education highlighted by National Audit Office.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 27-FEB-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-27 February 2004-UK Government: Impressive progress in expansion of childcare and early education highlighted by National Audit Office(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Children's Minister Margaret Hodge welcomed the "impressive progress" in the creation of new childcare places and early education highlighted today by the National Audit Office.

Setting out the Government's commitment to ensuring progress continued and that the gap in levels of provision between the poorest areas and other areas was further reduced, the Minister said: "We've come a long way since the introduction of the first ever National Childcare Strategy. We need to do more, but it's important to recognise the progress that has been made in a relatively short space of time.

"Further progress has been achieved since the National Audit Office report was compiled. The latest figures show that there are now 450,000 more childcare places than there were in 1997.

"Back in 1997, there was only 1 childcare place for every 9 children and there is now...

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