§ Chris RuaneTo 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 HodgeI 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.
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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 772W
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