Parliamentary Inquiry into childcare for disabled children

EDCM together with Contact A Family, the Family and Childcare Trust, and Working Families supported a Parliamentary Inquiry into childcare for disabled children launched by Robert Buckland MP and Pat Glass MP.

The Inquiry aimed to assess the extent to which disabled children and their families face barriers to childcare. It looked at: affordability; availability and inclusion; quality; access and information.

The Inquiry held three oral evidence sessions and put out a call for written evidence, which received 35 responses from organisations representing parents, providers and local authorities as well as almost 1200 responses from individual parent carers.

Members of the inquiry committee

Robert Buckland MP (Co-chair)
Pat Glass MP (Co-chair)
Baroness Eaton
Lord Touhig
Sarah Champion MP
Alex Cunningham MP
Theresa Pearce MP
David Ward MP

Media inquiries

For more information contact the Contact A Family media office on 020 7608 8741 or email [email protected]. For urgent enquiries out of office hours call 0759 993 0090.

• Parliamentary Inquiry into disabled children reportThe Parliamentary inquiry into childcare for disabled children report reveals a childcare crisis denying disabled children educational and social opportunities, and their parents the right to work. Read more...
• Written evidence submitted to the Parliamentary InquiryThe Inquiry put out a call for written evidence which received 35 responses from organisations representing parents, providers and local authorities. Read more...