0 a person whose job is to take care of other people's children in her or his own home: --
a registered childminder
Assistance with child care expenses is not restricted to parents who have access to registered childminders.
These figures relate to childminders and sessional providers.
It is not considered that a local authority would register a child aged under 16 as a childminder.
After all, we already have a registration system for childminders who look after children for shorter periods than do foster carers.
It is public money; we are accountable for the proper spending of public money; therefore it must pass through registered childminders.
There is also the wider issue of registration, whether it be of carers or of childminders, and so on.
That is why childminders must be registered with the appropriate regulating authorities.
Local authorities have a duty to approve and register childminders and other day care providers, yet these children return to their families each day.
