Decisions for issue Extension to Free Early Years Free Entitlement

1.       That the targeting of economic deprivation by using a measure of children living in worst 30% Super Output Areas as ranked by the national Index of Income Deprivation Affecting Children be agreed.

2.       That to target early years settings, not individual children, and to pilot the extension in those settings which have the highest proportion of children attending who live in worst 30% areas be agreed.

3.       That the funding of settings who are open for 38 weeks and can show that the additional 2.5 hours will be free be approved.

4.       That a citywide framework of between 2 and 6 hours a day be agreed.