§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many day care nursery places there were in each of the last five years for children under three years and from three years to compulsory school age; and what corresponding information for the latest available year she has for other EC member states.
§ Mr. BowisCentrally collected information on places in day nurseries in the public and independent sectors includes all places for children under five; information for the last five years is shown in the table.
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Day nursery places available for children under 5 England As at 31 March Number 1987 60,733 1988 66,237 1989 75,378 1990 87,451 1991 106,068 Information about publicly funded child care services in European Community member states was included in a report from the European Parliament's Committee on Childcare and Equality of Opportunity, a copy of which is available in the Library.