HL Deb 12 May 2003 vol 648 cc21-2WA
Baroness Howe of Idlicote asked Her Majesty's Government

What is the target time within which Ofsted should complete the registration process for potential childminders; how many such applications Ofsted has received throughout the United Kingdom since it took over responsibility for the registration of childminders in September 2001; and how many of these were completed within the target time; and [HL2665]

Local Authority Ward Local Authority Ward
Camden Holborn Leicester Wycliffe
Kings Cross Northampton Castle
Regent's Park Derby Babington
St Pancras Litchurch
Somers Town Birmingham Ladywood
Hammersmith & Fulham White City & Shepherds Bush Dudley Brierley Hill
Hackney Moorfields Coventry St Michaels
Islington Bunhill Wolverhampton St Peters
Clerkenwell Hull Myton
Lambeth Bishops Leeds City & Holbeck
Southwark Cathedral Sheffield Castle
Dockyard Darnall
Riverside Stoke-on-Trent Shelton
Tower Hamlets Millwall Darlington Central
St Katherine's Newcastle-upon-Tyne West City

In respect of applications for registration of childminders by Ofsted in the United Kingdom completed outside its target time, how many were delayed by three, six, nine and 12 months; and what were the principal reasons for such delays; and [HL2666]

How many applications for the registration of potential childminders Ofsted has received from the London Borough of Southwark since September 2001; and how many of these were completed within the target time; and [HL2667]

In respect of those applications for registration of potential childminders by Ofsted in Southwark completed outside its target time, how many were delayed by three, six, nine and 12 months; and what were the principal reasons for such delays; and [HL2668]

How many applications Ofsted has received from Southwark's postcode area SE17 since September 2001; and how many of these were completed within the target time: and [HL2669]

In respect of those applications Ofsted received from Southwark's postcode area SE17 since September 2001 completed outside its target time, how many were delayed by three, six, nine and 12 months; and what were the principal reasons for such delay. [H L2670]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Baroness Ashton of Upholland)

These are matters for the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted). HM Chief Inspector of Schools, David Bell, will write to the noble Baroness and a copy of his letter will be placed in the Library.