§ Mr. Howeasked the Minister of Health what proportion of the children provided for in 1964 by day nurseries, registered private nurseries and registered child-minders, respectively, was between the ages of two and five; and what was the number of children in each category.
§ Mr. LoughlinAt the end of 1964 local authority day nurseries provided for 21,532 children and registered private day nurseries for 38,144. The remaining information is not available.
§ Mr. Howeasked the Minister of Health what was the number of children provided for by the 2,994 child-minders who were registered in 1964; and to what extent the number of children per registered child-minder in 1964 was different from the number of children per childminder in 1958.
§ Mr. Loughlin2,206 registered minders looked after 18,016 children in 1962 compared with 1,138 and 8,981 respectively in 1958. Later figures are not available.