Scottish Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme: statutory guidance

Annex C

Registration for the Scottish Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme

As set out in the Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2021 amended, the information required for registration is as follows:

(a) the full name and address of the childcare provider,
(b) the category of childcare provision ("day care of children" or "childminding"),
(c) the address where eligible children are to be cared for by the childcare provider,
(d) whether the childcare provider keeps attendance records,
(e) the number of eligible children enrolled with the childcare provider at the beginning of the financial year,
(f) the number of eligible children enrolled with the childcare provider at the date of application for registration,
(g) the banking details of the childcare provider
(h) a copy of the childcare provider's certificate of registration issued by SCWIS,
(i) the anticipated benefit to be provided by the childcare provider to eligible children under the Scheme in the period to the end of the Scheme Year (A year ending with 31 July), and
(j) any other relevant information which the Scottish Ministers reasonably require in order to register the childcare provider.

Estimating the benefit you expect to provide

As part of the registration process, you are asked to estimate the benefit you expect to provide.

We suggest that you approach this as follows:

(i) Estimate the number of children who will attend the setting for 2 hours or more on that day.
(ii) Consider if there are days in the week for which this is not an appropriate proxy – add up to assess the total provision you might expect in the week to provide your average number of weekly servings.
(iii) Multiply average weekly servings by the number of weeks that your setting will be open between 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023

If you do not know how many weeks you expect to be open, please give a best estimate and let the local authority know that there is some uncertainty. You are required to notify the local authority of any significant change (defined as a change +/- 10%).

Over time, you may wish to adjust your projections to take account of seasonal change (e.g. lower attendance in holiday months); regular patterns of absence etc.