The programme is under scrutiny after a National Audit Office report publish in March, found the department was not getting value for money because it ‘cannot track the effectiveness’ of the investment.
The Public Accounts Select Committee will consider the evidence and is expected to publish its recommendations in early summer.
Witnesses, including Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, claimed that deprived children – the ones who should be gaining the most from the intervention – may be the least likely to benefit once settings take the full brunt of any underfunding, linked to next September's 30 hours extension.
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