HC Deb 28 April 2004 vol 420 c1149W
Mr. Simmonds

To ask the Minister for Women how many working mothers use child care for(a) children under five and (b) children over five years. [167879]

Ms Hewitt

The estimates from the autumn 2003 Labour Force Survey, the most recent information available, are around 750,000 working mothers using child care for under fives and around 1,050,000 for over fives.