A new report published today (19 September) by the Fair Funding for our Kids (FFFOK) campaign group, based on a survey of 440 parents of two-, three- and four-year-olds in Scotland, shows parents are being held back in their careers by a lack of available and flexible childcare. The survey was carried out during the summer.
This is despite the aim of the Scottish Government’s 600 hours of free childcare a year for all three- and four-year-olds to support parents to work, train or study, especially those who need help with finding sustainable employment, says FFFOK. From 2020, the number of hours of free childcare in Scotland will more than double to 1,140 hours per year.
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