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I see huge potential in the work to develop digital services, including in our prescribing processes and the “Digital Front Door”, a flexible platform where our citizens can access joined up digital products and services.
The main findings may make stark and uncomfortable reading – • the childminding workforce had declined by 26% (1457 childminders) in the last 5 years (2016-21) • continuing slow progress in including childminders in delivering funded ELC – • only 4% of childminders were delivering funded ELC to eligible two year- olds (no change since 2019).
However, we encourage the Scottish Government to engage more closely with local authorities to ensure as much flexibility as is possible in the allocation of funding.
Audited spend for 2022-23 will be published in the SDS annual accounts later in the year, which will be available on the SDS website. The FlexibleWorkforceDevelopmentFund (FWDF) does not fund...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 January 2024
It is worth differentiating between workforce planning for the funded childcare offer and workforce issues relating to the nearly 50 per cent of private provision that is funded directly by parents.