WQ97832 (e) Wedi’i gyflwyno ar 03/12/2025

Beth oedd cyfanswm y gwariant ar gynnig gofal plant Llywodraeth Cymru ym mhob un o'r 3 blynedd diwethaf a beth yw lefel y defnydd ohonynt?

Wedi'i ateb gan Y Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol | Wedi'i ateb ar 09/12/2025

The following numbers of children have accessed childcare through the Childcare Offer for Wales:

 

Year

Take-up Figures

Take-up Rate (All 3–4-year-olds)

Childcare Offer Payments

Sept 2022 – Aug 2023

-*

-

£69,923,994

Sept 2023 – Aug 2024

21,283

34%

£73,525,138

Sept 2024 – Aug 2025

22,330

36%

£75,992,789

 

*Comparable take-up figures for 2022-23 are not available. This is due to the Childcare Offer for Wales’ phased move from Local Authority reporting to the National Digital Service in that time period.

 

Expenditure on the Core Flying Start programme (the original Flying Start areas) and Phase 1 of the expansion includes all four elements of the Flying Start programme, including childcare for those aged 2 to 3.  Expenditure on Phase 2 of the expansion programme (which began in April 2023) relates to childcare spending only.

 

 

2022-23

 

2023-24

2024-25

Core Flying Start (includes Expansion – Phase 1)

£77,411,785

£83,005,125

£86,513,458

Expansion – Phase 2

-

£13,032,277

£21,218,394

TOTAL

 

£77,411,785

£96,037,402

£107,731,852

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