A Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the campaign group Fair Funding for Our Kids (FFFOK) shows just one in ten council nurseries are open between 8am and 6pm or longer.
Of the 30 councils that responded, 19 had no nurseries which were open between 8am and 6pm - the hours that the campaign group say most parents need if they are to hold down a job.
In Scotland, the majority of funded places for three- and four-year-olds are available at council-run settings.
Private and voluntary settings are contracted by their local authority to deliver the 600 hours of free childcare. These partnership pre-school providers are allocated a number of funded places for each school year.
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