Question reference: S6W-10207
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 8 August 2022
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Current status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 5 September 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm that funded early learning and childcare will be available automatically from August 2023 for all four-year-olds deferred from starting school.
Answer
I can confirm that this legislative commitment will be delivered. From 1 August 2023, if a parent of a child that is still 4 years old on the date they are eligible to start school (i.e. children with birth dates on or between the day after the school commencement date in August – last day in February) defers their entry to school for a year, they can automatically access an additional year of funded early learning and childcare.