National Support Service for Local Authorities to Deliver the 2021 Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme

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Department for Education awarded a contract to Mott MacDonald Limited for support, advisory and performance monitoring services to assist local authorities with ensuring holiday provision for school-age children across England.

The contract, valued at £1,570,001, included supporting local authorities with tools and practical guidance on rapidly mapping the current sufficiency of school-age childcare within their region; providing practical planning and delivery advice to support local authorities in increasing the sufficiency of school-age childcare in their region, which may include identifying potential gaps in provision, supporting the creation of new childcare places, enhancing existing offers and making best use of partnership arrangements with local bodies, schools and other relevant organisations; regular reporting to DfE against the contract and progress in local authorities; helping local authorities to create and implement a local communication plan to target parents and hardest to reach communities; and setting up a system of peer-to-peer support amongst local authorities.