The Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2022

This is an amendment to secondary legislation in order to protect children’s eligibility for the targeted entitlement to funded early learning and childcare (ELC) for some 2 year olds. This follows UK Government changes to increase the National Living Wage from April 2022.


Footnotes

1 Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (legislation.gov.uk)

2 The qualifying benefits are set out in The Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Order 2014

3 National Minimum Wage Low Pay Commission Report 2021 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

4 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/Earnings

5 https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-household-survey-2019-annual-report/

6 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2017-20

7 http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/01/4911/0

8 https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/scotland-fairer-2018

9 https://www.gov.scot/publications/tackling-child-poverty-delivery-plan-annex-2-further-technical-information/

10 https://www.gov.scot/publications/working-poverty/

11 The 2015 Budget Effect on BME RunnymedeTrust 27thJuly2015.pdf

12 Regional Employment Patterns in Scotland: Statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2019

13 https://www.gov.scot/publications/disabled-people-labour-market-scotland-2018/

14 https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-surveys-core-questions-2019/.

15 Child and Working Tax Credits Finalised Annual Awards 2019 to 2020 Main Commentary - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

16 Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 14 October 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

17 https://www.gov.scot/publications/summary-statistics-schools-scotland-2020/

18 https://www.gov.scot/publications/summary-statistics-schools-scotland-no-10-2019-edition/

19 Children's social work statistics: 2019 to 2020 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

20 Every child, every chance: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2018-2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

21 https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-study-early-learning-childcare-phase-1-report-updated-2021/

Contact

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