We are also currently piloting the delivery of training to support childminders with their quality assurance requirements (with a Scottish Government grant) and to reduce some of the pressure while we continue to engage nationally and work to reduce duplicative quality assurance systems and excessive bureaucracy. Implications for Delivery of Programme for Government The decline in the childminding workforce not only has implications for existing ELC delivery and parental choice, but also for the delivery of Scottish Government commitments within the Programme for Government to extend ELC to one year-olds and all two year-olds, and to develop a new system of wraparound school-aged childcare.