An useful guide to The Childcare Act 2006 for professionals working in children's services.

Summarises and explains the duty of local authorities, imposed by the Childcare Act 2006 to improve outcomes for children, to ensure provision of sufficient child care to meet the needs of parents and to provide information, advice and assistance to parents until their children reach adulthood.

Original (As enacted) Childcare Act 2006 2006 CHAPTER 21 An Act to make provision about the powers and duties of local authorities and other bodies in England in relation to the improvement of the well-being of young children; to make provision about the powers and duties of local authorities in England and Wales in relation to the provision of childcare and the provision of information to parents and other persons; to make provision about the regulation and inspection of childcare provision in England; to amend Part 10A of the Children Act 1989 in relation to Wales; and for connected purposes. [11th July 2006] Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same,

These notes refer to the Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21) (ISBN 0105421065) which contains a range of measures to implement the Government's policy proposals set out in the consultation document 'Choice for parents, the best start for children: a ten year strategy for childcare', published in December 2004 and available at http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/426/F1/pbr04childcare_480upd050105.pdf. Provisions include: i) the duties placed on local authorities in England and in Wales to secure sufficient childcare provision and to establish information services to parents; and ii) the integrated regulation and inspection of childcare services, and the creation of a single education and care service framework for the learning and development of children from birth to five.

Enabling power: Childcare Act 2006, ss. 104 (2), 109 (2). Bringing into operation various provisions of the 2006 Act on 01.10.2007, in accord. with art. 2. Issued: 21.09.2007. Made: 12.09.2007. Laid: -. Coming into force: -. Effect: None. Territorial extent & classification: E. General

Childcare Act 2006 (UK) The Law Library presents the official text of the Childcare Act 2006 (UK). Updated as of March 26, 2018 This book contains: - The complete text of the Childcare Act 2006 (UK) - A table of contents with the page number of each section