§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many family centre places were provided by local authorities on 1 April; [57714]
(2) how many places were provided in school holiday schemes in each of the past five years; [57715]
(3) how many places in after-school clubs were provided in each of the past five years; [57716]
(4) how many places were provided by playgroups in each of the last five years; [57717]
(5) how many playgroups there were in each of the past five years; [57718]
(6) how many registered childminders there were in each of the past five years; [57719]
(7) how many places there were in day nurseries in each of the past five years. [57720]
§ Margaret HodgeThe available information is shown in the tables.
The information was provided by Local Authorities.
Latest figures on Day Care facilities in England were published by the 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 the Department's web-site at www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics
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Table 2: Number of daycare providers by type,1 England 1997–2001. Position at 31 March each year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Day nurseries 193,800 223,000 247,700 264,200 285,100 Registered childminders 365,200 370,700 336,600 320,400 304,600 Playgroups and pre-schools 383,700 383,600 347,200 353,100 330,200 Out of school clubs 78,700 92,300 113,800 141,100 152,800 Holiday schemes2 209,000 256,500 435,300 490,400 598,000 Family centres ֵ ֵ ֵ ֵ ֵ 1Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. 2Holiday schemes are counted once for each holiday period in which they operate.