The Scottish Government has made difficult choices in order to prioritise investment of almost £1 billion a year in delivering 1140 hours of high quality, funded early learning and childcare to eligible children. Scotland remains the only part of the UK that already offers 1140 hours per year of funded ELC to all 3 and 4-year-olds and around a quarter of 2-year-olds regardless of whether their parents are working or not because we are committed to promoting equality for all of Scotland’s children, putting their interests first.