NDNA Scotland Scotland Underfunding report Key Findings: • 76.2% of respondents believed that the rates they were receiving did not meet the costs of providing ELC places • The average shortfall is £1.40 per hour or £1,596 a year funding shortfall on a 1140 hours place • 76% of providers expect to operate at a loss or only break-even this year • 61% reported a negative impact on their setting of local authority or schools nurseries being built or expanding in their local area • When it came to paying the Real Living Wage 55% cited insufficient sustainable rates as a challenge to meeting the requirement • 60% of respondents said they had to increase fees to parents by more than 2% • 26...