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parenting with a professional career, and the benefits of pre-schooling for children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds in terms of socialisation and preparation for school, then public funding for pre-school places proves decidedly profitable.
 One of the causes of pre-school shortage at a local level is that these gains to the public budget are diverse in character and are therefore not as clearly visible as the direct costs involved. A significant proportion of the gains are made from mothers' increased income, via the tax and other contributions they then pay throughout their working lives. Another cause of the current problem is that while most costs associated with publicly funded pre-school places are managed by local authorities, the benefits are primarily felt at the level of the national budget and within families themselves.
 The present-day division of powers and responsibilities between central government and local authorities makes effective coordination difficult. The shortage of pre- school places is further complicated by a lack of accurate information about the gap between supply and demand at a local level, and by the fact that local authorities are unable to reliably predict future fluctuation in demand. Changes to the regulatory processes in these areas would be desirable.
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