The free childcare entitlement in Scotland for three- and four-year-olds, as well as two-year-olds living with families in receipt of benefits, is due to be almost doubled from the current offer of 600 hours over the next two years.
But National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) Scotland's 2018 annual survey of more than 200 providers has found that just 30 per cent of private nurseries indicated that they are likely to take part.
This is a reduction on the half of settings (51 per cent) that said they would be willing to offer the full 1,140 hours entitlement in the 2017 survey.
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