Rejected petition Match the new childcare offer in England of 15 hours for children aged 2

The UK Government have announced that from April 2024 all working parents of two-year-olds will be able to access 15 hours of free childcare in England.
However, this benefit will not apply to all working families in Wales, as the equivalent "flying start" program will not expand to all areas. Meaning funding is a post code lottery. This leaves Welsh families thousands of pounds worse off than their English counterparts.

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.

The Petitions Committee is already considering this petition :
Match the new childcare offer in England of 15 hours for 2 year old's from April 2024
https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245514

It has been considered alongside another petition P-06-1359 Offer Welsh working parents the same financial support for childcare as England
https://business.senedd.wales/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=41902. This petition collected over 10,000 signatures and reacted the threshold to be considered for a debate.
As the two petitions were considered together by the Committee they will both be debated together on 31 January 2024 in the Senedd, Welsh Parliament.

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Date submitted 24 January 2024
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