FOI Request - Early Learning and Childcare Sustainable Rates

Request 101004025876

Local authority early learning and childcare Sustainable Rate(s) as of 1/04/26

I would like to make a Freedom of Information (FOI) request on the following questions:

Q1. What is your new early learning and childcare Sustainable Rate from the 1 April 2026 for “Eligible 2s”? If you have not yet set a new rate, when do you expect this decision to be made?

Q2. What percentage increase does this represent for “Eligible 2s” compared to your Sustainable Rate up to 31 March 2026?

Q3. How does this break down in percentage terms by the staffing element and other costs element?

Q4. What is your new early learning and childcare Sustainable Rate from the 1 April 2026 for “3-5-year-olds”? If you have not yet set a new rate, when do you expect this decision to be made?

Q5. What percentage increase does this represent for “3-5-year-olds” compared to your Sustainable Rate up to 31 March 2026?

Q6. How does this break down in percentage terms by the staffing element and other costs element?