The targets are for all three- and four-year-olds to receive 15 hours of free education for 38 weeks per year by autumn 2010. Speaking at a committee meeting, councillor Marilyne MacLaren, convener of education, children and families, said the target would cost £800,000. She confirmed the council could not afford this. Ms MacLaren said, 'At the moment the majority of nursery-age children receive 475 hours per year [12.5 hours a week], which is the...