Supporting Existing School Age Childcare Providers

The motion

That the Parliament recognises the vital role of established school age childcareproviders in supporting children, families and communities; notes with concernthe financial pressures threatening services, including First 4 Kids inFalkirk, which has reduced its provision from 11 settings to four since theCOVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Scottish Government to consider emergency ortransitional financial support for registered providers facing financialhardship, investment in sustaining existing provision alongside the developmentof future childcare models, recognition of the expertise, trained staff,safeguarding procedures and trusted family relationships of establishedproviders, measures to address the impact of activity-based programmesoperating without childcare registration requirements and a review ofgrant-funded activity programmes offering free provision for limited periodswithout sustainable long-term models, to assess their impact on establishedproviders and ensure fair competition, and believes that sustaining existingservices is essential to protecting access to affordable, high-quality schoolage childcare across Scotland.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

SNP 2 Reform 1 LD 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S7M-02018 by reference.