§ Mr. J. E. B. Hillasked the Minister of Health what was the number of persons and establishments registered under the Nurseries and Child Minders Regulation Act 1948 in each of the last 93W 10 years, together with the estimated number of children so minded.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe total numbers of premises and persons registered under the Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act, 1948, in England and Wales at the end of each of the ten years up to 1965, are given in the following table, together with the number of places in the registered premises and the number of children minded by child minders. Returns of children minded were discontinued in 1962 but will be resumed for 1966 onwards.
Year Number of premises Number of places Number of persons Number of children provided for 1956 464 12,018 881 6,964 1957 496 12,543 949 7,536 1958 544 13,352 1,138 8,981 1959 543 13,155 1,313 10,192 1960 601 14,595 1,531 11,881 1961 747 17,618 1,780 13,999 1962 932 22,591 2,206 18,016 1963 1,243 31,045 2,597 Not available 1964 1,585 38,144 2,994 Not available 1965 2,245 54,911 3,393 Not available