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 Dear Sir/Madam
Freedom of Information Request Reference No. 20210827001  
I refer to your request of  27/08/2021 
Where there were less than five such cases I am not in a position to give you any further details as this might lead to 
the relevant individuals being identified. I therefore refuse these parts of your request in terms of Section 38(1)(b) and 

(2)(A) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
The information which I can provide is contained in the document attached.
Subject: Freedom of Information request - 2021-2022 P1 Deferral Rates & Related Questions - Dundee
Please accept this email as a Freedom of Information request. I am sending this request to all 32 Scottish 
local authorities.
Please could the Council provide:
1) The total number of requests received to date for the Council to provide discretionary funding for a further 
year of early learning and childcare (nursery/ childminder etc) for children whose fifth birthdays have will fall 
between the day after the school start date in August 2021 and 31st Dec 2021.
2) A breakdown of the total number in 1. above by requests for
a) continued funding in private/voluntary settings and
b) continued funding in council run settings and
c) continued funding for split placements where a child attends both a private/voluntary and a council run 
setting.
3) In relation to question 2, please provide the number of places the Council has agreed to provide continued 
funding for in
a) private/voluntary settings and
b) council run settings and
c) split placements where a child attends both a private/voluntary and a council run setting.
4. How many of the children applying have a December birthday?
5a. How many appeals (challenges if there is no official appeals process) did the Council receive against the 
Council’s decision not to grant funding?
5b. How many of these appeals/challenges resulted in the initial decision being overturned?
6. How many official complaints has the Council received regarding discretionary deferral funding decisions 
between Nov 2020 and the date of your response to this FoI request?
7a. How many applications did the Council receive for children to be permitted early entry to primary school to 
start in Aug 2021 instead of Aug 2022 (for children who will turn five on or after 1st March 2022)?
7b. How many of these early entry applications were approved?
8. Is the Council’s discretionary deferral funding policy currently under review or are there any plans to update 
it for 2022-2023?
9. How many parents/carers are currently financing a further year of nursery for their child's deferral year 
themselves in a council-run nursery after the Council refused to fund their request for this?
10a. How many requests did the Council receive for older children* to defer their primary one start till Aug2022?
*(by "older children" I mean those who had already reached the age of five by the school commencement date 
in August 2021).
10b. How many older children* has the Council permitted to defer their primary one start till Aug 2022?
*(by "older children" I mean those who had already reached the age of five by the school commencement date 
in August 2021).
11. Has the Council requested to be part of the 2022-2023 expansion of the Scottish Government's pilot 
scheme to fund a further year of ELC for all mid-Aug to 31 Dec born children deferring their p1 start before the 
law is rolled out nationally from Aug 2023?
12a. Please provide SIMD deciles for all applications received as per the total number provided in your 
response to question 1.
12b. Please provide SIMD deciles for all applications granted as per the total number provided in your 
response to question 3.
12c. Does the Council take the SIMD decile of applicants into consideration when deciding whether to 

authorise a discretionary deferral ELC funding application?
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Yours faithfully
 
 
 
Kenneth McKaig
Legal Manager