HC Deb 23 July 2004 vol 424 cc768-72W
Chris Ruane

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many child care places were available in each of the last 25 years, broken down by local authority area, and listed in descending order according to the biggest percentage increase in such places over the last seven years. [186106]

Margaret Hodge

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on 25 May 2004,Official Report , column 1528W, when I stated that statistics have only been collected by Local Authorities (LAs) since 1999 following the introduction of the National Childcare Strategy for England.

Details of the places created by LA across England since 1999 were provided in the table attached to the previous question. The actual stock number of childcare places available each year was only made available with the first publication of Ofsted statistics in March 2003.

The following table provides details of registered places across England available in March 2003 compared to March 2004, broken down by LA and showing the percentage change in descending order.

LA Name Ofsted March 2003 Data Ofsted March 2004 Data Net Growth 2003–04 Percentage Increase
Luton 2,286 3,184 899 39
Southampton 3,755 5,220 1,466 39
Cumbria 6,121 8,456 2,334 38
Thurrock 1861 2,565 704 38
Hartlepool 1,474 2,007 533 36
Blackburn with Darwen 2,714 3,693 979 36
Oldham 4,542 6,148 1,606 35
Southend-On-Sea 2,342 3,166 824 35
Redcar and Cleveland 1,903 2,560 657 35
Suffolk 8,504 1,1430 2,926 34
Haringey 2,493 3,330 838 34
Bournemouth 2,514 3,311 797 32
Newham 3,886 5,078 1,191 31
Stockton on Tees 2,810 3,607 797 28
Barnsley 2,367 3,038 671 28
Doncaster 3,478 4,423 945 27
Reading 3,656 4,614 958 26
Norfolk 10,674 13,435 2,761 26
Sefton 3,573 4,472 899 25
Tower Hamlets 2,688 3,343 655 24
Lambeth 4,551 5,641 1,091 24
Wakefield 3,466 4,260 794 23
East Sussex 8,190 10,040 1,850 23
Walsall 3,885 4,757 872 22
Peterborough 4,554 5,569 1,015 22
North Somerset 3,084 3,766 682 22
Cornwall 6,984 8,520 1,536 22
Lewisham 4,683 5,712 1,029 22
Liverpool 7,396 9,006 1,611 22
Wigan 5,528 6,681 1,153 21
Rutland 787 951 164 21
St Helens 2,534 3,045 511 20
Plymouth 4,656 5,567 911 20
North Lincolnshire 2,028 2,420 391 19
Merton 3,821 4,554 733 19
Hackney 2,908 3,455 547 19
Havering 2,445 2,904 459 19
Bradford 7,837 9,251 1,414 18
Bolton 5,856 6,901 1,045 18
Sheffield 9,732 11,460 1,729 18
Rotherham 3,297 3,875 578 18
Salford 4,589 5,392 803 17
Knowsley 2,763 3,239 476 17
Lancashire 2,2538 2,6391 3854 17
Harrow 2,905 3,397 492 17
Kingston Upon Thames 2,932 3,428 496 17
Redbridge 3,538 4,129 591 17
Swindon 4,406 5,133 727 16
Hampshire 2,7288 3,1769 4481 16
Southwark 6,156 7,162 1,005 16
Hertfordshire 2,3256 26,983 3727 16
Brent 4,281 4,955 674 16
Northamptonshire 12,813 14,827 2015 16
Sunderland 3,155 3,645 490 16
Bexley 2,981 3,440 458 15
Staffordshire 18,482 21,321 2,839 15
North Yorkshire 11,793 13,593 1,800 15
Warrington 6,233 7,176 942 15
Tameside 4,564 5 252 688 15
Nottinghamshire 15,819 18,180 2,362 15
Kingston Upon Hull 3,515 4,035 520 15
Sutton 3,108 3,568 460 15
Sandwell 4,276 4,907 630 15
Bromley 5,008 5,737 729 15
Windsor and Maidenhead 3,817 4,370 553 14
Medway Towns 5,122 5,856 733 14
Leicestershire 12,125 13,857 1,732 14
Rochdale 4,957 5,662 705 14
Manchester 9,723 11,101 1,378 14
Lincolnshire 12,129 13,828 1,699 14
Gateshead 3,343 3,806 464 14
Greenwich 4,485 5,097 612 14
Kent 24,589 27,943 3,354 14
Worcestershire 12,739 14,451 1,712 13

LA Name Ofsted March 2003 Data Ofsted March 2004 Data Net Growth 2003–04 Percentage Increase
Ealing 5,795 6,574 778 13
Northumberland 5,636 6,391 755 13
Stoke-on-Trent 4,544 5,150 607 13
Newcastle Upon Tyne 4,710 5,338 629 13
Calderdale 4,862 5,493 632 13
Durham 7,078 7,998 920 13
Barking and Dagenham 1,987 2,244 257 13
Portsmouth 4,432 5,002 570 13
Poole 2,216 2,501 285 13
Oxfordshire 16,221 18,276 2055 13
Shropshire 6,118 6,893 775 13
Bristol 8,024 9,026 1002 12
Darlington 2,371 2,666 295 12
Coventry 6,437 7,203 766 12
East Riding of Yorkshire 5,818 6,510 691 12
Wandsworth 7,338 8,209 871 12
Cambridgeshire 13,509 15,106 1597 12
Bedfordshire 7,840 8,766 926 12
West Sussex 13,865 15,491 1626 12
Kirklees 7,585 8,466 881 12
Derby 5,510 6,149 639 12
Trafford 6,693 7,459 766 11
Hammersmith and Fulham 2,835 3,158 323 11
Birmingham 2,2378 24,927 2,549 11
Milton Keynes 5,874 6,536 662 11
Blackpool 3,091 3,435 344 11
Buckinghamshire 11,043 12,254 1,211 11
Croydon 7,299 8,046 747 10
Hounslow 3,311 3,637 326 10
Richmond-Upon-Thames 4,354 4,777 423 10
Warwickshire 11,931 13,086 1,155 10
Bury 5,797 6,348 551 10
Stockport 6,322 6,915 592 9
Cheshire 17,026 18,605 1,579 9
South Gloucester 5,070 5,540 470 9
Enfield 4,275 4,670 395 9
Brighton and Hove 5,276 5,758 482 9
Herefordshire 4,126 4,498 371 9
Kensington and Chelsea 3,023 3,289 266 9
Bracknell Forest 3,312 3592 280 8
Dorset 5,894 6,372 478 8
Somerset 9,846 10,635 789 8
Derbyshire 11,828 12,773 945 8
Nottingham 6,234 6,725 491 8
Dudley 4,528 4,880 351 8
Wirral 6,403 6,888 485 8
Isle of Wight 3,159 3,385 226 7
Waltham Forest 5,189 5,555 366 7
Surrey 26,021 27,856 1,835 7
Westminster 3,093 3,00 208 7
Wiltshire 10,871 11,500 629 6
Islington 4,325 4,567 241 6
Essex 21,064 22,213 1,150 5
Devon 13,694 14,425 730 5
Camden 4,486 4,719 234 5
Hillingdon 4,971 5,226 255 5
Wolverhampton 4,317 4,522 205 5
Barnet 6,371 6,666 296 5
Telford and Wrekin 4,540 4,733 193 4
Bath and North East Somerset 3,223 3,346 123 4
Leeds 15,776 16,178 402 3
Leicester City 5,886 6028 142 2
Gloucestershire 14,174 14,358 184 1
York 4,149 4186 37 1
Solihull 5,644 5,672 28 0
Wokingham 5,112 5,100 13 0
Middlesbrough 3,129 2,983 146 5
Slough 2,187 2,080 108 5
West Berkshire 5,055 4,687 368 7
Isles Of Scilly 187 111 76 41
Totals: 96,7821 1,102,686 1,348,64

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