Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to provide funded early learning and childcare for all 2 year olds, removing eligibility criteria for access to services.
Petitioner: Claire Beats
Status: Closed
Date published: 28 September 2021
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SPICe briefing (135KB, pdf) posted 12 October 2021
Committee Meetings
1 December 2021: The Committee agreed to write to key stakeholders including Early Years Scotland, the National Day Nurseries Association, Parenting Across Scotland and COSLA.
Official Report of Meeting 1 December 2021
23 March 2022: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government.
Official Report of Meeting 23 March 2022
26 October 2022: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government.
Official Report of Meeting 26 October 2022
8 February 2023: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that the Scottish Government has committed to expanding early learning and childcare to 1 and 2 year olds, with the ‘Best Start - Strategic Early Learning and School Age Childcare Plan 2022 to 2026’ plan stating that from 2023-24 onwards the Scottish Government will start to develop, trial and evaluate models of provision.
Official Report of Meeting 08 February 2023
PE1907/A: Scottish Government submission of 4 November 2021
PE1907/B: National Day Nurseries Association submission of 23 December 2021
PE1907/C: COSLA submission of 10 February 2022 (100.9KB, pdf) (101KB, pdf) posted 15 March 2022
PE1907/D: Petitioner submission of 16 March 2022 (56.2KB, pdf) (56KB, pdf) posted 16 March 2022
PE1907/E:Scottish Government submission of 14 June 2022 (102.3KB, pdf) (102KB, pdf) posted 17 June 2022
PE1907/F: Scottish Government submission of 29 November 2022 (125.8KB, pdf) (126KB, pdf) posted 30 November 2022