HC Deb 20 May 2002 vol 386 cc24-5W
Mr. Damian Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what documents have been sent to pre-schools by her Department since 1 July 2001; and how many pages were contained in each document. [55076]

Margaret Hodge

Details of those documents sent directly to pre-schools by my Department since 1 July 2001 are set out in the table.

Title of document Date issued Brief description Quantity issued Number of pages Reference number
National Standards for Under Eights Day Care—Sessional Care1 14 July 2001 National standards for providers of day care for children under 8. Regulations under the Children Act require providers to meet the 14 standards 45,000 25 DfES/0490/2001
National Standards for Under Eights Day Care—Full Day Care1 14 July 2001 National standards for providers of day care for children under 8. Regulations under the Children Act require providers to meet the 14 standards 30,000 25 DfES/0488/2001
1 Pre-schools would have received either sessional care or full day care depending on the number of hours they were operating.