Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:20 pm on 14 June 2016.
We asked the Public Policy Institute for Wales to look at this to see what would be the best way of delivering this: to do it broadly or to target it at those who are working. According to their evidence, the most effective way would be to target working people, because of the fact that people who don’t work at present have informal networks that assist them with childcare. What we want to ensure is that we can encourage people back into the labour market so that they will then get free childcare. That is the principle behind the scheme as it stands.