The National Day Nurseries (NDNA) has raised concern that PVI settings won’t be able to offer places with this rate of funding as partner providers will be required to pay staff the Scottish Living wage, set at £9 per hour, from next year, as well as provide children with a free hot meal.
FOI responses
Around a third of councils responded to the FOI, disclosing their hourly rates for the funded places for three- and four-year-olds for 2019-2020. The 1,140 hours will be rolled out across the whole country by August 2020.
The majority revealed they are setting a rate of £5.31, including rural areas such as Argyll and Bute. Urban areas such as Glasgow are paying slightly more with a proposed rate of £5.41. Three councils are planning to pay providers lower than this rate to offer the current 600 hours of Early Learning and Childcare.
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