<p>Free Childcare</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 1:36 pm on 16 November 2016.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 1:36, 16 November 2016

One of the drivers of the free childcare policy, of course, is now the prominence that’s been given to early intervention or prevention—the welcome prominence, I should say—and given of course that the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 as well is leading us in that direction, which, again, is something that I would welcome—. But with that in mind, what discussions have you had with the Cabinet Secretary for Education regarding the pupil deprivation grant, because I’d be interested in understanding the rationale whereby young children—reception- age children—receive barely half the sum that older children are allocated, and maybe it would add more value to the childcare policy if that was front-loaded?