Paragraph 2 F1

The local authority’s assessment must include an analysis of the availability and lack of availability of each type of childcare specified in regulation 2(2), and include details of—

(a)

the capacity of services provided by childcare providers,

(b)

the number of children currently cared for,

(c)

the capacity of childcare providers who are able to support children who have additional learning needs or children who require specialist care due to a disability,

(d)

the capacity of childcare providers registered to provide funded childcare,

(e)

the capacity of services who offer Welsh language places,

(f)

the number of vacant places and reasons for the vacancies,

(g)

an assessment of a childcare provider’s waiting lists and reasons why the waiting lists exist,

(h)

the range of services offered by each of the childcare types,

(i)

the age range of children in the types of childcare,

(j)

the range of average hourly fees charged for the childcare,

(k)

an assessment of demand for childcare in the area, including—

(i)

the effect of change in the number of—

(aa)

children using childcare,

(bb)

children using Welsh medium childcare,

(cc)

children with additional learning needs, and

(ii)

the effect of population change, and

(l)

any other factors that the local authority consider relevant to demand.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. substituted (11.3.2026) by The Childcare Act 2006 (Local Authority Assessment) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/36), regs. 1(2), 2(9)