§ Ms HodgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is her latest estimate of the number of children under the age of five years who are in the care of(a) private child minders or nannies and (b) private and voluntary playgroups.
§ Mr. BowisUsing information from the survey conducted by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys of day care for children, it is estimated that in 1990 the figures for England were 180,000 attending child minders on a paid basis, 50,000 cared for by nannies and 560,000 attending private or voluntary playgroups.