@prefix adms: <http://www.w3.org/ns/adms#> .
@prefix csvw: <http://www.w3.org/ns/csvw#> .
@prefix dcat: <http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#> .
@prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix dgsp: <https://data.gov.scot/def/> .
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix vcard: <http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://admin.data.gov.scot/dataset/af6113c5-9e3e-405e-a6e4-740acea672c7> a dcat:Dataset ;
    dct:description "Number and rate of services registered to provide early learning and childcare.<br/><br/>Full publication and supporting tables are available [on the Care Inspectorate website](http://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/statistics-and-analysis#Childcare).<br/><br/>We have also created early learning and childcare local profiles based on this data to assist local authority planning for the expansion of early learning and childcare in Scotland.  These can be downloaded [from the Care Inspectorate website](http://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/statistics-and-analysis/early-learning-and-childcare-profiles).<br/>" ;
    dct:identifier "af6113c5-9e3e-405e-a6e4-740acea672c7" ;
    dct:issued "2026-08-13T10:51:57.118031"^^xsd:dateTime ;
    dct:modified "2026-08-13T10:54:29.561221"^^xsd:dateTime ;
    dct:publisher <https://admin.data.gov.scot/organization/8094c8f9-b86a-4ea3-9db5-945d6480d942> ;
    dct:title "Early Learning and Childcare: Services Registered" ;
    adms:versionNotes "Early learning and childcare statistics are not subject to routine revision." ;
    dcat:contactPoint [ a vcard:Organization ;
            vcard:hasEmail <mailto:enquiries@careinspectorate.gov.scot> ],
        [ a vcard:Kind ;
            vcard:hasEmail <mailto:enquiries@careinspectorate.gov.scot> ] ;
    dcat:distribution <https://admin.data.gov.scot/dataset/af6113c5-9e3e-405e-a6e4-740acea672c7/resource/b2d3052c-e229-481a-a899-c638935e5eba> ;
    dcat:theme <https://data.gov.scot/def/theme/children-and-young-people> ;
    dgsp:accuracy "Not assessed" ;
    dgsp:comment "Number and rate (per 10,000 people) of services registered to provide early learning and childcare" ;
    dgsp:completeness "The Care Inspectorate registers daycare of children services and childminders, which this report will collectively refer to as early learning and childcare services. For the purposes of this report, this includes daycare services only provided for school-aged children such as out of school care services and holiday play schemes.<br/><br/>Comprehensive definitions of the terms used can be accessed in the statistical reports published on the [Care Inspectorate website](http://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/statistics-and-analysis#Childcare)" ;
    dgsp:confidentiality "Not assessed" ;
    dgsp:consistency "The National Records of Scotland [mid-year population estimates](https://statistics.gov.scot/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fdata%2Fpopulation-estimates-current-geographic-boundaries) have been used to calculate rates." ;
    dgsp:geographical_coverage "S12",
        "S92" ;
    dgsp:license_id "uk-ogl" ;
    dgsp:nextUpdate "2020-11-01" ;
    dgsp:quality_management "Where a daycare of children service did not submit an annual return, but did submit a return in either of the previous two years, the information submitted in the most recent historic annual return was used to impute the missing data. <br/><br/>Where a service has not provided any information in either of the two previous years or where a service was newly registered, missing data has been estimated.<br/><br/>To estimate missing data, we have considered the following variables: service size; service location (local authority area and level of deprivation) and service category (nursery, playgroup and so on). We then estimated the missing data using average values from services based on the above criteria." ;
    dgsp:referencePeriod [ a dct:PeriodOfTime ;
            dcat:endDate "2018"^^xsd:gYear ;
            dcat:startDate "2015"^^xsd:gYear ] ;
    dgsp:timeliness "This dataset is published annually." ;
    dgsp:uniqueness "Not assessed" ;
    dgsp:update_frequency "annual" ;
    dgsp:validity "Not assessed" ;
    dgsp:will_be_updated true .

<https://admin.data.gov.scot/dataset/af6113c5-9e3e-405e-a6e4-740acea672c7/resource/b2d3052c-e229-481a-a899-c638935e5eba> a dcat:Distribution ;
    dct:description "Data file for Early Learning and Childcare: Services Registered" ;
    dct:format "CSV" ;
    dct:issued "2026-08-13T10:54:29.573246"^^xsd:dateTime ;
    dct:modified "2026-08-13T10:54:29.569353"^^xsd:dateTime ;
    dct:title "early-learning-and-childcare-services-registered.csv" ;
    csvw:tableSchema [ a csvw:Schema ;
            csvw:column [ a csvw:Column ;
                    csvw:datatype "text" ;
                    csvw:name "GeographyCode" ],
                [ a csvw:Column ;
                    csvw:datatype "text" ;
                    csvw:name "GeographyName" ],
                [ a csvw:Column ;
                    csvw:datatype "text" ;
                    csvw:name "Measurement" ],
                [ a csvw:Column ;
                    csvw:datatype "int" ;
                    csvw:name "DateCode" ],
                [ a csvw:Column ;
                    csvw:datatype "text" ;
                    csvw:name "GeographyType" ],
                [ a csvw:Column ;
                    csvw:datatype "text" ;
                    csvw:name "Units" ],
                [ a csvw:Column ;
                    csvw:datatype "text" ;
                    csvw:name "Early Learning And Childcare Service" ],
                [ a csvw:Column ;
                    csvw:datatype "float" ;
                    csvw:name "Value" ] ] ;
    dcat:accessURL <https://admin.data.gov.scot/resource/b2d3052c-e229-481a-a899-c638935e5eba/download> ;
    dgsp:comment "Number and rate (per 10,000 people) of services registered to provide early learning and childcare" ;
    dgsp:dictionary [ a dgsp:Column ;
            dgsp:column "DateCode" ;
            dgsp:type "int" ],
        [ a dgsp:Column ;
            dgsp:column "Early Learning And Childcare Service" ;
            dgsp:type "text" ],
        [ a dgsp:Column ;
            dgsp:column "GeographyCode" ;
            dgsp:type "text" ],
        [ a dgsp:Column ;
            dgsp:column "Value" ;
            dgsp:type "float" ],
        [ a dgsp:Column ;
            dgsp:column "Measurement" ;
            dgsp:type "text" ],
        [ a dgsp:Column ;
            dgsp:column "GeographyName" ;
            dgsp:type "text" ],
        [ a dgsp:Column ;
            dgsp:column "Units" ;
            dgsp:type "text" ],
        [ a dgsp:Column ;
            dgsp:column "GeographyType" ;
            dgsp:type "text" ] .

<https://admin.data.gov.scot/organization/8094c8f9-b86a-4ea3-9db5-945d6480d942> a foaf:Agent ;
    foaf:name "Care Inspectorate" .

<https://data.gov.scot/def/theme/children-and-young-people> a skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Children and Young People" .