The survey by parent campaign group Fair Funding for Our Kids (FFFOK) suggests 1,081 children in West Lothian and Glasgow alone are unable to take up their 600 hours a year of free childcare.
FFFOK delivered the figures, which are based upon responses from nursery providers, to the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and education secretary Angela Constance yesterday.
Their survey is in response to what they see as the Scottish Government's failure to recognise that a large number of children are missing out on the funded hours because the majority of places are available at council-run settings.
It will now be sent to nurseries across Scotland in a bid to find out how many children attend partnership nurseries without funding.
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