On top of the universal 15 hours, the government have released a new scheme from September 2017 where eligible families could receive an extra 15 hours of funded education per week, making 30 funded hours over 38 weeks ( or 1140 hours across more weeks of the year).
Working families must meet the criteria, to find the out more go to the HMRC website – section for 3 and 4 year olds: www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
NOTE: no money is passed to parents. Funding goes to your childcare provider who supplies the funded hours to families