政府 has more work to do to 確実にする families 安全な・保証する 質 childcare - MPs
The 政府 has more work to do to 演説（する）／住所 “構造上の problems” in the 早期に years system to 確実にする families 利益 from high-質 affordable childcare under its 改革（する）s, MPs have said.
計画（する）s to 拡大する the number of subsidised childcare places for working parents in England “should not come at the expense of 質”, the ありふれたs Education Select 委員会 has 警告するd.
From September, the 政府 will change 最小限 staff-to-child 割合s from 1:4 to 1:5 for two-year-olds in England, but it will remain optional.
The group of MPs said it is “深く，強烈に 関心d” about the 計画（する）s and it is calling on the 政府 to 逆転する the changes “if 質 is degraded”.
（ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 Jeremy 追跡（する） 発表するd 改革（する）s in the 予算 in March which will 許す some families of children as young as nine months in England to （人命などを）奪う，主張する 30 hours of 解放する／自由な childcare a week.
From April next year, working parents of two-year-olds will be able to 接近 15 hours of 解放する／自由な childcare. This will be 延長するd to working parents of all children older than nine months from September next year.
（ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 Jeremy 追跡（する） 発表するd 改革（する）s in the 予算 in March (PA)
From September 2025, working parents of children under five will be する権利を与えるd to 30 hours of 解放する／自由な childcare per week.
The Education Select 委員会 said it was a “welcome 投資” に引き続いて 関心s raised by parents and 早期に years providers during its 調査 about “affordability and sustainability”.
The 報告（する）／憶測 追加するd: “However, this 投資 is much 延滞の and more will need to be done to 演説（する）／住所 the 構造上の problems in the ECEC (早期に Childhood Education Care) system if the 基金ing 増加するs are to be 器具／実施するd 効果的に.
“In particular, の近くに attention should be paid to 効果的な 基金ing 配当. Settings in disadvantaged areas already struggle more than those in more 豊富な areas, yet we know that it is children from disadvantaged families that can 利益 the most from high-質 ECEC.”
The 財務省 “行方不明になるd an 適切な時期” to 改革（する） 税金-解放する／自由な childcare and 増加する the 柔軟性 of the system under its 計画（する）s to 拡大する 解放する／自由な childcare for working parents, the 報告（する）／憶測 said.
Under the 現在の system, working parents of three and four-year-olds in England are 適格の for 30 hours of 解放する／自由な childcare per week.
The 税金-解放する／自由な childcare 計画／陰謀 also 許すs 適格の working families to （人命などを）奪う，主張する 20% 政府 support with their childcare costs, up t o an 年次の 限界 of £2,000 per child.
The ありふれたs Education Select 委員会 報告（する）／憶測 said the 必要物／必要条件 for parents to reconfirm their 適格（性） every three months for the 30 hours entitlement and 税金-解放する／自由な childcare 計画／陰謀 is “unduly onerous” and should be 減ずるd to once per year.
委員会 chairman コマドリ Walker said: “The childcare market is 直面するing 重要な challenges in affordability and availability, with 前例のない staff turnover and nurseries の近くにing, にもかかわらず 大規模な 需要・要求する from parents who want a career and to 供給する for their families but struggle to find affordable services. It is （疑いを）晴らす that 大臣s have more work to do to 演説（する）／住所 this.
“簡単に 延長するing the number of hours that the 政府 calls 解放する／自由な will not work unless the 基金ing 率s 正確に 反映する the costs of 供給するing high-質 早期に education and childcare.
“We have heard that many settings rely on 非難する more for the children who …に出席する them outside of the 基金d hours. It is therefore 必須の that 大臣s 減ずる 重荷（を負わせる）s on the 部門 and 供給する 適する 基金ing for all the 行う／開催する／段階s of 早期に education.”
He 追加するd: “Staff are the lifeblood of this 部門 and the 抱擁する 拡大 of subsidised childcare will only be successful if we can 茎・取り除く the tide of people leaving the 全労働人口.
“There needs to be a 改造する of career 開発, with 改良s to 支払う／賃金, progression and 条件s so that the profession is given the 尊敬（する）・点 and status it deserves.”
The cross-party group of MPs is calling on the Department for Education (DfE) to “work closely” with childcare providers and 地元の 当局 across the country “to 始める，決める the 基金ing 率 at a 十分な level.”
It 追加するd that the DfE should stop 述べるing the 30 hours 申し込む／申し出 as ‘解放する／自由な hours’ and instead 言及する to it as ‘基金d’ or ‘subsidised’ hours to “改善する parental 信用” in the childcare 補助金 system.
Neil Leitch, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of the 早期に Years 同盟 (EYA), said: “Not only have years of 厳しい underfunding 疫病／悩ますd the 部門 but the worst staffing 危機 in １０年間s has created a perfect 嵐／襲撃する which must be 演説（する）／住所d if the 部門 has any chance of 生き残り in the coming years.
“If that wasn’t bad enough, it’s likely that the 近づいている 部門 拡大 will be 危険に underfunded and will place unrealistic 期待s on providers already on the brink.”
He 追加するd: “For the 委員会’s findings to truly have a 継続している 衝撃, we hope against hope that it finally wakes the 政府 up to the reality of the 状況／情勢 直面するing families and providers and 誘発するs 緊急の and 効果的な 活動／戦闘.”
Last week, the 政府 said 改革（する）s 拡大するing the 量 of 解放する／自由な childcare for parents will be “適切に and 公正に／かなり 基金d”.
The DfE said its 提案するd new 基金ing 決まり文句／製法, which is now out for 協議, 供給するs “付加 基金ing for areas of deprivation”.
The 増加するd 基金ing will see the 推定する／予想するd 普通の／平均（する） 率 paid to 地元の 当局 for 2024/25 to be 始める，決める at £8.17 for two-year-olds and £11.06 for under-twos, the DfE said.
A 政府 spokesperson said: “We are rolling out the 選び出す／独身 biggest 投資 in childcare in Eng land ever, 始める，決める to save a working parent using 30 hours of childcare up to an 普通の／平均（する） of £6,500 per year and give children the best 質 早期に years education.
“To make sure that we are supporting our fantastic 早期に years 全労働人口, we will be 投資するing hundreds of millions of 続けざまに猛撃するs each year to 増加する the 量s we 支払う／賃金 childcare providers. We also are 協議するing on how we 分配する 基金ing to make sure it is fair.”
