§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health on what basis a Department of Health press release, dated 11 June, identified an increase of 75 per cent. in nursery places on Crown premises; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe figure was derived from the Department's statistics on day care services in "Children's Day Care Facilities at 31 March 1990 England (A/F 90/6)", a copy of which is available in the Library. Tables 1 and 2, which contain historical data on the number of day care places and premises, include information on facilities which were not required to register with the local authority. Between 1988 and 1990, the number of places in such facilities grew from 1,034 to 1,810. Facilities on Crown premises are likely to he the most significant category exempt from the requirement to register.