After-school Clubs (Hansard, 30 January 1998)

HC Deb 30 January 1998 vol 305 c438W 438W

§ Mr. Burns
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if the Government will means-test places for after-school clubs. [26544]

§ Mr. Alan Howarth
Funding to establish new out of school childcare provision will come from the receipts of the Windfall Tax, the Out of School Child care Initiative and the New Opportunities Fund totalling £300 million over five years from 1998 and 2003. Schemes will be free to determine their own fees. Many existing schemes already adjust fees according to the family's circumstances and we expect that new schemes will wish to consider doing the same.