1,045 two year olds in Cambridgeshire will benefit from 15 hours free child care a week from this September.  This is in addition to the £100m for additional nursery places across the country announced by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg last year, and means an extra £3m here in Cambridgeshire to support child care costs for disadvantaged families.

Families with a child turning two this April or later, and who are receiving one of the following, meet the criteria for free childcare from September:

• Income Support
• Income-based Job Seekers’ Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the Guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• if you have an annual income of less than £16,190 and get Child Tax Credit, provided you are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit.

If you think your family meets the criteria, contact your local nursery provider or the county council – by telephone (0345 04 54 014) or email.