Nanny agencies in Scotland are joining forces to protest to the Scottish Executive about proposed charges for registration with the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care, which will see larger companies forced to pay more than 2,000.
The Scottish Executive plans to consider all childcare agencies as registered with the Care Commission from 1 April this year, and they will have until 30 September to submit a formal application for registration. This will involve paying a fee, as the Care Commission is supposed to be self-financing, with services carrying the costs of regulation.
A consultation document published earlier this month suggested that the fee for an application to register a small childcare agency should be 1,059 and a larger one 2,559. The proposed annual continuation fee is 642 for small agencies and 2,143 for larger agencies. The fee for cancellation of registration or for a variation of the terms of registration is 244 for all agencies.
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