Scotland’s First Minister will use his first Programme for Government to announce a “package” of childcare measures.
The announcement will come as Humza Yousaf sets out his Government’s legislative agenda for the next parliamentary year on Tuesday.
Speaking to journalists on a visit to a school and nursery in Dundee ahead of the speech in Holyrood, Mr Yousaf said the announcement would help tackle poverty and boost the economy by bringing people back into the workforce.
The announcement, he said, would include support for breakfast and after school clubs, potential further expansion of free childcare and support for staff, including those in the private, voluntary and independent (PVI) sector, which has raised concerns of the impact on staffing since the Scottish Government launched its 1,140 hour per year free childcare project.
“We’re looking at areas around what we can do in relation to the pathfinder projects that we have that help provide that all year round, school age child care from breakfast clubs to after school clubs,” he said.
“We’ll be looking at what we can do in relation to further expansion to two-year-olds and what more can be done in supporting staff in the PVI sector in particular.”
