However, it is more likely that, under a more relaxed regime for children born in January and February, the increase will fall far short of all children requesting deferred entry. Some of this additional cost might be offset by the parents of such children opting to forgo the summer term place which their children would be entitled to following their third birthday. At present it would seem that many, although not all, authorities use some of this money to provide pre-school provision for children on deferred entry. However, all the money is doubtless allocated and it would be hard for authorities to find the likely extra monies outlined above. The anticipated extra monies are added to the presumed current level of expenditure.
Local authorities apply for it with the names and numbers of children involved.
Our reason for suggesting this is that we expect that there could be some variation in the proportion who want deferred entry from authority to authority. Moreover, it was clear from the discussion on 27 th July, that currently there is no accurate information on who wants deferred entry or why. It would be useful to collect such information for, say, three years until the system had settled down and a pattern emerged. Then, on the basis of that information, money could be provided to authorities as part of the GAE allocation. July 2000 Paper on option suggested by Donald MacKay, Midlothian Council.