HC Deb 10 May 2004 vol 421 c33W
Mr. Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of Ofsted in regulating child minders. [171303]

Margaret Hodge

The effectiveness of Ofsted in regulating child minders is a matter for the Office of Standards in Education (Ofsted) and I have asked HM Chief Inspector for Schools, David Bell, to write to the hon. Gentleman and place a copy of his letter in the Library.