HC Deb 19 July 2001 vol 372 cc408-9W
Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many day care places in nurseries have been created in Warrington, North since 1997. [4992]

Mr. Timms

Early Years Development and Child Care Partnerships have only provided details of the new child care places that have opened by constituency since April 1999. Between April 1999 and March 2001 Warrington Early Years Development and Child Care Partnership has reported the creation of 188 daycare places1 in the constituency of Warrington, North. 1This figure includes daycare places created in day nurseries, pre-schools and playgroups. It is not possible to break down the figures to show those in nurseries only.

Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many out-of-school hours childcare places have been created in Warrington, North since 1997; and how many of those places are in wards which are among the most deprived 20 per cent. of wards in England as measured by the Official Index of Deprivation. [4993]

Mr. Timms

Early Years Development and Child Care Partnerships have provided details only of the new child care places that have opened by constituency since April 1999. Between April 1999 and March 2001 Warrington Early Years Development and Child Care Partnership has reported the creation of 337 new out of school hours places1 in Warrington, North.

Data on child care places are grouped at local education authority and constituency level. We are not able to break the data down to ward level. 1Data includes places created in out of school clubs and holiday schemes.