This suggests that funded childcare support for 2-year-olds may be means tested. If it is this will deepen the 1 Full JRF report - https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/unable-escape-persistent-hardship-jrfs-cost-living-tracker- summer-2023 2 Disability Price Tag 2023, Scope, 2023 - https://www.scope.org.uk/campaigns/extra-costs/disability-price-tag- 2023/ 3 https://inclusionscotland.org/news/dpo-collective-letter-to-the-first-minister 3 poverty trap where parents can end up worse off if they take up employment as they may now also lose existing support with their childcare costs. 6.3 Inclusion Scotland also believes that more needs to be done to ensure that the funded childcare that is available is both accessible to and inclusive of disabled children and parents.