South East commuter area
The local authority has played a minimal role in the childcare market before the introduction of the National childcare strategy in 1997. The childcare market has historically been dominated by the private sector and influenced largely by the needs of well-off parents. Therefore, a key challenge for the EYDCP was to redress the imbalance created by market forces and provide affordable provision for less well-off families.
Source: Harris, et al. 2004
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