HC Deb 25 March 2002 vol 382 cc624-9W
Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many child care places in day nurseries, with childminders and in pre-school and playgroups were available for every 100 children aged under eight years in each region in England in (a) 1997 and (b) 2002; [43506]

(2) if she will list, for each region of England and for each London borough, how many places at (a) day nurseries, (b) childminders. (c) play groups and play schools, (d) out of school clubs and (e) holiday play schemes there were in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2001; [43505]

Number of places in children's day care provision1, England, 1997 and 2001 (position at 31 March each year)
1997 2001
Places Places/100 children Places Places/100 children
Provision for children aged under 8
Day nurseries 193,800 26 285,100 210
Playgroups and pre-schools 383,700 212 330,200 211
Childminders 365,200 37 304,600 36
Provision for children aged 5–7
Out-of-school clubs 78,700 44 152,800 48
Holiday schemes5,6 209,000 411 598,000 432
1 Rounded to the nearest 100.
2 Places/100 children aged 0 to 4.
3 Places/100 children aged under 8.
4 Places/100 children aged 5 to 7.
5 Holiday schemes have been counted once for each holiday period in which they operate.
6 Additional guidance was given to data providers in 1999.
Number of places in children's day care provision1, England, Government office regions and London boroughs 1997 (position at 31 March)
Day nurseries Playgroups and pre-schools Childminders Out-of-school clubs Holiday schemes
England 193,800 383,700 365,200 78,700 209,000
North East n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
North West n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Yorkshire and the Humber n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
East Midlands n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
West Midlands n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
East of England n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Inner London n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Outer London n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
South East n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
South West n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Camden 1,396 563 843 n/a n/a
City of London 78 2,209 4 70 72
Hackney 1,950 538 911 1,110 2,329
Hammersmith and Fulham 1,192 n/a 254 n/a n/a
Haringey 775 593 1,355 208 1,250
Islington 1,868 716 1,084 1,084 1,543
Kensington and Chelsea 926 337 305 730 3,060
Lambeth n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Lewisham 1,436 478 1,109 951 960
Newham 798 283 1,367 196 1,231
Southwark 1,650 578 1,048 2,077 2,305
Tower Hamlets n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Wandsworth 1,894 1,429 2,537 1,027 3,496
Westminster 1,089 834 379 727 2,964

(3) how many places in (a) after-school clubs and (b) holiday play-schemes were available per 100 children of primary school age in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2001. [43507]

Margaret Hodge

Information is not available in the form requested. The available information is shown in the tables.

Latest figures on day care facilities in England were published by my Department in the Statistical Bulletin "Children's Day Care facilities at 31 March 2001 (08/01)" in October 2001, a copy of which is available from the Library. An electronic copy of this publication is also available on my Department's website www.dfes.gov.uk/ statistics.

Number of places in children's day care provision1, England, Government office regions and London boroughs 1997 (position at 31 March)
Day nurseries Playgroups and pre-schools Childminders Out-of-school clubs Holiday schemes
Barking and Dagenham 355 707 615 168 1,214
Barnet 566 931 1,110 337 2,946
Bexley 448 1,222 1,764 184 534
Brent 1,786 546 1,721 310 n/a
Bromley n/a 2,498 2,353 320 1,082
Croydon 1,088 1,176 3,006 714 709
Ealing 1,309 454 3,220 532 414
Enfield 850 986 1,955 294 708
Greenwich 895 666 1,413 182 248
Harrow 155 1,237 1,321 198 1,118
Havering 572 1,736 1,630 275 363
Hillingdon 151 934 2,765 112 1,072
Hounslow 876 735 593 633 2,155
Kingston upon Thames 715 1,159 1,213 277 2,302
Merton 585 627 927 311 3,534
Redbridge 106 1,392 1,490 175 2,288
Richmond upon Thames 1,106 1,516 1,380 407 4,922
Sutton 845 1,047 1,257 407 4,922
Waltham Forest 280 587 1,919 122 n/a
n/a = Not available
1 Figures for England and Government office regions rounded to the nearest 100.
Number of places in children's day care provision1, England, Government office regions and London boroughs 2001 (position at 31 March)
Day nurseries Playgroups and pre-schools Childminders Out-of-school clubs Holiday schemes
England 285,100 330,200 304,600 152,800 598,000
North East 9,200 10,100 15,300 8,400 24,700
North West 50,900 41,500 36,100 24,800 67,200
Yorkshire and the Humber 25,300 25,500 29,500 14,300 58,500
East Midlands 21,400 25,800 19,200 13,000 63,700
West Midlands 37,200 30,700 32,200 15,700 35,800
East of England 22,400 45,300 32,200 11,800 43,400
Inner London 22,800 8,400 10,600 23,200 63,200
Outer London 22,100 25,700 27,700 11,800 77,100
South East 47,900 71,800 64,400 17,400 109,100
South West 25,900 45,300 36,000 13,100 55,400
Camden 1,350 432 807 1,068 7,180
City of London 81 49 6 220 792
Hackney 2,310 653 961 1,800 560
Hammersmith and Fulham 1,152 713 510 220 2,105
Haringey 1,218 618 1,008 1,382 9,686
Islington 2,102 460 823 3,815 3,580
Kensington and Chelsea 1,592 726 206 940 1,085
Lambeth 1,980 629 939 1,462 6,972
Lewisham 2,061 906 1,179 1,694 1,736
Newham 1,885 579 1,027 1,167 15,126
Southwark 1,906 904 1,081 3,113 4,940
Tower Hamlets 1,133 400 376 1,147 1,342
Wandsworth 2,876 1,072 1,378 1,227 6,282
Westminster 1,105 264 338 2,861 1,794
Barking and Dagenham 448 1,110 684 338 5,292
Barnet 1,791 1,142 1,885 690 4,856
Bexley 550 1,414 1,699 223 1,921
Brent 2,304 479 1,343 748 2,395
Bromley 1,102 3,534 2,532 568 4,336
Croydon 1,438 1,999 2,139 1,191 8,719
Ealing 2,457 1,105 2,716 974 2,702
Enfield 937 1,928 1,571 1,550 7,532
Greenwich 741 866 1,189 255 581
Harrow 293 1,620 1,059 446 2,752
Havering 607 1,681 1,068 226 2,358
Hillingdon 1,833 1,139 2,424 280 1,904
Hounslow 911 854 737 910 5,154
Kingston upon Thames 685 1,024 1,208 953 3,900
Merton 949 664 1,058 330 2,793
Number of places in children's day care provision1, England, Government office regions and London boroughs 2001 (position at 31 March)
Day nurseries Playgroups and pre-schools Childminders Out-of-school clubs Holiday schemes
Redbridge 1,092 1,600 1,315 490 3,171
Richmond upon Thames 1,320 1,619 1,146 625 3,910
Sutton 928 996 1,216 412 1,975
Waltham Forest 1,697 932 696 576 10,830
1 Figures for England and Government office regions rounded to the nearest 100.

Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how much money was spent by Cambridgeshire in 2000–01 in creating child care places; [44017]

(2) how much money has been allocated to Cambridgeshire to achieve its child care targets in (a) 2000–01 and (b) 2001–02. [44016]

Margaret Hodge

For 2000–01, Cambridgeshire Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership (EYDCP) was allocated a total of £642,570, including £100,500 from the European Social Fund (ESF) for child care. For 2001–02, their allocation is £2,149,873, including £375,835 from the ESF.

In 2000–01 Cambridgeshire spent £604,113 towards the creation of child care places.

In addition, money from the New Opportunities Fund is available to support the creation of out of school hours care and neighbourhood nurseries.

Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the targets are for Cambridgeshire for the creation of new child care places in 2001–02; [44014]

(2) what the latest figures are for the creation of child care places in Cambridgeshire in 2001–02. [44015]

Margaret Hodge

Cambridgeshire EYDCP has targets to create 1,577 child care places in 2001–02 by April 2002. By the end of December 2001 Cambridgeshire EYDCP had reported the creation of 1,401 child care places.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she will review the OfSTED application pack for day care registration. [44901]

Margaret Hodge

The content of application packs is a matter for OFSTED. I understand that OFSTED is reviewing the content currently and that revised packs will be available later in the year.