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Change the childcare policy in Scotland to align with that in England.

Submitted on Monday 18th November 2024

Rejected on Wednesday 18th December 2024

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Change the childcare policy in Scotland to align with that in England.

Petition Details

Align the Scottish childcare policy with that of England. So that all families with a child older than 9 months get 15 hours support with childcare costs.

Additional Information

At the moment the current policy involves making parents wait until the child is 2 years of age (if receiving benefits) or 3 if not in receipt of benefits. This is too late and is negatively impacting on working families and children. It means working mother's have to put their careers on hold for longer in Scotland, despite Scotland having higher taxes than England. Scotland want to help more families in poverty but this help only starts from 2 years of age, England helps everyone from 9 months


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Childcare in Scotland is a devolved matter. You may wish to get in touch with Scottish Parliament about this issue.

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