§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will(a) list the number of child minders registered in each local authority in 1991 and (b) list the number re-registered under the Children Act 1989 in each local authority to date; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. YeoInformation about the number of child minders registered by each social services department at 31 March 1991 was published in "Children's Day Care Facilities at 31 March 1991 England"; a copy of which is available in the Library.
The number of child minders who have re-registered in the period to 30 June 1992 is being collected as part of a national exercise to monitor local authority implementation of the Children Act 1989 which will be reported to Parliament by the end of 1992.