§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what plans he has to support the newly-organised kids' clubs network body in Wales, Clybiau Plant Cymru, from April; [14516]
(2) what funding the kids' clubs network in Wales received over the past five years from the children and families section of the Welsh Office. [14519]
§ Mr. Richards[holding answer 20 March 1995]: Under the Department's support for child and family services scheme, grants were awarded to kids' clubs network to promote out-of-school care provision in Wales as follows:
£ 1991–92 24,022 1992–93 40,873 1993–94 18,240 An announcement will be made shortly on their application for grant in 1995–96.
§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many children in each county council area are receiving financial support from Government funding, at local or Welsh Office level, in obtaining national vocational qualifications to improve the quality of provision in child minding in Wales. [14520]
§ Mr. Richards[holding answer 20 march 1995]: This information is not currently held.
§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many registered child minders there are in each county council area in Wales; and what changes there have been in the numbers over the last 10 years. [14524]
§ Mr. Richards[holding answer 20 March 1995]: The latest information on the numbers of registered child minders relates to 31 March 1993. Information for 1984 to 1993 is given in the following table:
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§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what further plans he has to support new out of school clubs which have been developed in the past two years by the training and enterprise councils in Wales out of their funding for school child care initiatives. [14518]
§ Mr. Richards[holding answer 20 March 1995]: This pump-priming initiative supports the setting-up and early operation of schemes which are expected to become self-sufficient within 12 months of commencement. Development workers will be in place until the end of the Initiative in 1996 and will continue to offer general guidance. A child care scheme, like any other business, can also seek TEC help with business skills training. All schemes have been aware from the outset that they would need to become self-sufficient.
§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what support he has given towards the funding of the National Childminding Association in Wales; [14522]
(2) what plans he has to provide further support for county child minding services managers in the light of the impending changes in local government. [14521]
§ Mr. Richards[holding answer 20 March 1995]: The National Childminding Association has received grant towards the costs of its work in Wales and is shown in the following table:
Core costs £ County child minding service managers £ 1986–87 15,000 — 1987–88 15,560 — 1988–89 16,041 — 1989–90 20,000 — 1990–91 26,776 — 1991–92 29,952 21,618
Number of places for children available with registered child minders Local authority 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Clwyd 634 634 894 849 1,002 1,315 1,318 1,782 1,945 2,560 Dyfed 269 456 487 522 465 761 684 963 940 754 Gwent 357 415 468 494 572 777 931 1,101 1,218 1,180 Gwynedd 248 307 268 330 292 672 688 968 353 503 Mid Glamorgan 1,724 1,071 1,255 1,367 1,349 1,619 2,239 2,377 2,579 2,934 Powys 114 135 157 193 231 293 327 403 459 596 South Glamorgan 869 1,012 1,013 1,230 1,636 1,992 2,361 2,223 1,782 2,106 West Glamorgan 314 476 565 586 645 770 852 757 907 1,014 Wales 4,529 4,506 5,107 5,571 6,192 8,199 9,400 10,574 10,183 11,647