Question 15945 — children

Summary

Mr. Thomas Portes questions the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and People with Disabilities on the insufficient resources devoted to the care of young children and on the persistent difficulties encountered by families, communities and professionals in the sector. In January 2022, the President of the Republic announced that he wanted to build a “real right to child care”. In June 2023, Mrs. First Minister announced the creation of 100,000 additional places for young children by 2027 and 200,000 places by 2030, as part of the public early childhood service. However, the available data show that this objective remains very far from the needs. According to the National Early Childhood Observatory, the coverage rate reached 60.9 places for 100 children under 3 years old in 2023. If this rate increases under the effect of the drop in the number of births, the total number of reception places offered to families decreased by 0.6% compared to 2022, falling to 1,306,600 places. This situation covers strong territorial and social inequalities. A study published by DREES on May 21, 2026 highlights that the overall improvement in accessibility to reception methods between 2017 and 2022 masks persistent differences depending on the territory. The municipalities more rural areas and certain urban areas continue to face insufficient or difficult access to supply. The poorest families also remain the furthest from formal childcare, even though the lack of a childcare solution constitutes a major obstacle to employment, particularly for women. The communities responsible for implementing the public early childhood service also warn about the insufficiency of financial compensation provided by the State. For 2025, the envelope of 86 million euros intended for municipalities for their new missions as organizing authorities for the care of young children was deemed insufficient by the Association of Mayors of France, which estimates that it only covers part of the remainder borne by the municipalities. On May 13, 2025, the Local Finance Committee issued an opinion unanimously unfavorable on the terms of this compensation, considered weak, partial and unfair. At the same time, several public reports have highlighted the weaknesses of the sector. In its work on the quality of child care, the IGAS has highlighted the effects of the shortage of professionals, the loss of attractiveness of professions and the inadequacy of controls. The IGAS-IGF report on micro-crèches has also noted that this model is mainly based on lucrative private structures and can present risks for the quality of care when profitability objectives take precedence over the needs of children and the working conditions of professionals. These findings require a strengthening of public guarantees, controls, training and supervision. In this context, he questions her about the real state progress of the government objective of creating 200,000 childcare places by 2030, as well as on the net number of places actually created since the June 2023 announcement, distinguishing between public, associative and lucrative private daycare centers, micro-daycare centers and individual care. He also questions him on the measures that the Government intends to take to guarantee full compensation of the charges news imposed on municipalities as part of the public early childhood service. It alerts it to the need to publish updated data concerning place closures, vacant positions, the supervision rates actually observed and the frequency of checks carried out in young child care establishments. Finally, he questions him on the measures envisaged to strengthen the controls of lucrative private groups, revalue early childhood professions, improve supervision rates and guarantee safe, accessible and quality care for each child.

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