School age childcare - new legal definition: consultation analysis
Analysis of responses to a public consultation which sought views supporting work to explore potential changes to the regulation of school age childcare services by creating a new legal definition for school age childcare. The consultation ran from 20 February 2026 to 18 May 2026.
Appendix B: Individuals by local authority
Responses were received from 173 individuals in 29 local authorities, as follows:
Table 2: Number of individual responses by local authority
Local Authority area
Glasgow City Council
Number of individual respondents
22
Local Authority area
Fife Council
Number of individual respondents
14
Local Authority area
Aberdeen City Council
Number of individual respondents
13
Local Authority area
City of Edinburgh Council
Number of individual respondents
12
Local Authority area
Aberdeenshire Council
Number of individual respondents
11
Local Authority area
Dundee City Council
Number of individual respondents
9
Local Authority area
Angus Council
Number of individual respondents
7
Local Authority area
East Dunbartonshire Council
Number of individual respondents
6
Local Authority area
East Renfrewshire Council
Number of individual respondents
6
Local Authority area
Perth and Kinross Council
Number of individual respondents
6
Local Authority area
Renfrewshire Council
Number of individual respondents
6
Local Authority area
Scottish Borders Council
Number of individual respondents
6
Local Authority area
The Highland Council
Number of individual respondents
6
Local Authority area
East Lothian Council
Number of individual respondents
5
Local Authority area
North Lanarkshire Council
Number of individual respondents
5
Local Authority area
Midlothian Council
Number of individual respondents
4
Local Authority area
South Ayrshire Council
Number of individual respondents
4
Local Authority area
South Lanarkshire Council
Number of individual respondents
4
Local Authority area
West Lothian Council
Number of individual respondents
4
Local Authority area
Falkirk Council
Number of individual respondents
3
Local Authority area
Stirling Council
Number of individual respondents
3
Local Authority area
West Dunbartonshire Council
Number of individual respondents
3
Local Authority area
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Number of individual respondents
2
Local Authority area
North Ayrshire Council
Number of individual respondents
2
Local Authority area
Argyll and Bute Council
Number of individual respondents
1
Local Authority area
Clackmannanshire Council
Number of individual respondents
1
Local Authority area
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Number of individual respondents
1
Local Authority area
Orkney Islands Council
Number of individual respondents
1
Local Authority area
Shetland Islands Council
Number of individual respondents
1
Local Authority area
Not Answered
Number of individual respondents
5
Contact
Email: schoolagechildcare@gov.scot