<p>Childcare</p>

Part of 3. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:18 pm on 24 May 2017.

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Photo of Carl Sargeant Carl Sargeant Labour 2:18, 24 May 2017

There is a plethora of offers that we are currently considering. There is a test pilot—a joint scheme between Gwynedd and Anglesey—exploring opportunities both in English and Welsh-medium settings. There is an issue with the workforce and making sure we’ve got capacity as we move forward, and that’s the benefit of a roll-out, as we’re doing here in Wales. In England—we’ve learnt lessons from some of the issues that they’ve experienced there with the quick introduction of a system where there wasn’t capacity in the system to deliver. We’ve taken note of that, and that’s why we’re having a phased approach.