ELC Costs - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description
ELC Costs
FOI Number
20250522
Date Received
23/04/2025
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
Average costing per child in ELC in the Borders since 2015 Cost per child for every ELC in the Borders since 2015, broken down by school and year Current staffing levels for every ELC in the Borders since 2015, broken down by school and year Enrolment for every ELC in the Borders since 2015, broken down by school and year
Response
1. Average costing per child in ELC in the Borders since 2015 Scottish Borders Council is not obliged to provide information if is it is reasonably obtainable through other means under S25 of FOI(S)A Otherwise Accessible. The information that you have requested is publicly available and is accessible by following the link Explore the data | Benchmarking
2. Cost per child for every ELC in the Borders since 2015, broken down by school and year The Council do not hold this data for each school and therefore we give notice under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that the information is not held. Explore the data | Benchmarking
3. Current staffing levels for every ELC in the Borders since 2015, broken down by school and year Please find attached staffing levels in the Borders. The information is held from 2017 onwards due to the limitations of the data retained from our legacy system therefore we give notice under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that the information is not held. Casual staff have been excluded from the figures.
4. Enrolment for every ELC in the Borders since 2015, broken down by school and year Information regarding staffing attached since the expansion to 1140 hours, staffing was allocated in a different way prior to that date, and we only hold information on the average numbers of children at enrolment since 2023/24 and therefore we give notice under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that the information is not held.
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