Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Day Care and Child Minding (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/2301). Day care providers and child minders looking after children under the age of 8 are required to register under part 10A of the Children Act 1989. The Regulations increase the fee for an application for registration as a day care provider from £121 to £150 where the provider provides at least 4 hours care a day and from £14 to £18 where the provider provides less than 4 hours a day. The fee for an application for registration as a child minder is increased from £14 to £18. The annual fee payable by registered day care providers is increased from £94 to £120 (where at least 4 hours care a day is provided) and from £11 to £14 where less than 4 hours care is provided. The annual fee payable by registered child minders is increased from £11 to £14.