§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the latest average costs of child minding known to his Department; how many persons are currently registered as child minders in Scotland; and how many non-registered child minders he estimates there to be.
§ Mr. McElhone461 child minders were registered by local authorities at 31st March 1976. Information is not collected centrally on the costs of child minding, and no estimate is available of the number of unregistered child minders.