In a progress report on the Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) expansion programme, published by the Improvement Service, the data shows that seven out of ten children attending ELC in Scotland are receiving the full 1,140 hours of funded childcare, an increase of seven percentage points - 65 per cent to 72 per cent - or 10,510 children, since February.
However, around 8,000 two-year-olds that are eligible for the offer are not taking it up, a rate described as 'terrible' by the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
Funded providers in the private and voluntary sectors and childminders provide 31 per cent of all funded provision, the report states.
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