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Since 1997, the Government has
Since 1997, the Government has funded an additional 520,000
sustainable childcare places and now every family with a three- or
four- year-old child has access to a free nursery place. By 2010,we will
create 3,500 Sure Start Children’s Centres for children under five
years – five in every constituency – a universal local service that brings
together childcare and services for families. By 2010, all parents of
three- and four-year-olds will have increased rights to flexible, free,
part-time nursery provision for 15 hours a week over the whole school
year. Over the longer term we will increase free provision to 20 hours.