SMEs (Hansard, 23 July 2002)

§ Dr. Cable
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many SMEs have lost their Investors in People Award status as of January; and if she will make a statement. [70195]

§ Mr. Ivan Lewis
[holding answer 22 July 2002]: The numbers of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that have lost their EP award at January 2002 are as follows:

Size of enterprise (UK wide) Total revoked since the first liP recognitions in October 1991

Less than 10 289

10–49 908

50–249 975

Investors in People has a very high customer retention

Percentage¹ of three-years-olds² by type of early education provider 1997-2002 (provisional estimates) position in January each year—England

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Private and voluntary providers³ ^4— ^4— ^4— 44 47 47

Independent schools 4 4 4 4 4 4

Nursery and primary schools: 34 35 37 38 37 37

Nursery schools and nursery classes in primary schools 34 35 37 37 4— 37

Infant classes in primary schools⁵ 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 ⁴— 0.2

Special schools⁶ 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3

All providers⁷ 38 40 42 86 89 89

¹ Number of three-year-olds attending provider expressed as a percentage of the three-year-old population.

² Any child attending more than one provider may have been counted twice.

³ Includes some local authority providers (other than schools) registered to receive nursery education grants; excludes independent schools and providers not registered to receive nursery education grants.

⁴ Not available.

⁵ Includes reception and other classes not designated as nursery classes.

⁶ Includes general hospital schools.

⁷ Private and voluntary provider information was not available for the years 1997–99.

We are committed to providing all three-year-olds, whose parents want one, with a free nursery education place by September 2004.
Latest figures on three-year-olds in early years education providers were published by the Department in the Statistical First Release "Provision for Children Under Five Years of Age in England—2002 (Provisional Estimates) (09/2002)" in May 2002, a copy of which is available from the Library. An electronic copy of this publication is also available on the Department's website (www.dfes.gov.uk/ statistics).

§ Mr. Roy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the annual cost is of providing a child with five full days per week in a nursery school in the latest year for which figures are available [69749]
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rate. Over the past decade it has maintained a customer retention rate of over 90 per cent. on organisations that have been recognised.

Size of enterprise (UK wide)	Total revoked since the first liP recognitions in October 1991
Less than 10	289
10–49	908
50–249	975

Percentage¹ of three-years-olds² by type of early education provider 1997-2002 (provisional estimates) position in January each year—England
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Private and voluntary providers³	^4—	^4—	^4—	44	47	47
Independent schools	4	4	4	4	4	4
Nursery and primary schools:	34	35	37	38	37	37
Nursery schools and nursery classes in primary schools	34	35	37	37	4—	37
Infant classes in primary schools⁵	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	⁴—	0.2
Special schools⁶	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3
All providers⁷	38	40	42	86	89	89
¹ Number of three-year-olds attending provider expressed as a percentage of the three-year-old population.
² Any child attending more than one provider may have been counted twice.
³ Includes some local authority providers (other than schools) registered to receive nursery education grants; excludes independent schools and providers not registered to receive nursery education grants.
⁴ Not available.
⁵ Includes reception and other classes not designated as nursery classes.
⁶ Includes general hospital schools.
⁷ Private and voluntary provider information was not available for the years 1997–99.