Education & Lifelong Learning Committee (November 2000 - April 2003)

Policy Review

Early Years Provision for 3 year olds

Remit

• To consider the current pattern of educational provision for 3 year olds;
• To assess whether its expansion would be in the educational and developmental interests of such children;
• To assess the costs of such expansion which would place a new burden on local authorities and would need to be recognised in their funding;
• To assess the impact of expansion on the ability of playgroups and private providers to provide childcare for children below compulsory school age; and
• To make recommendations to the Assembly Minister for Education and Life-Long Learning as to future policy.

Key DocumentsThe following are the key documents, to access a document click on the paper's reference number:

NAfW-Committees-First Assembly-ELLL-Early Years Provision

Document	Reference
Interim Report (April 2000)	Plenary Papers 4th April 2000
Expert Adviser's Initial Report (June 2000)	Pre-16 09-00(p.3)
Expert Adviser's Final Report (October 2000)	Pre-16 15-00(p.3)