To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the percentage of families who have access to affordable childcare places in England, broken down by (a) region and (b) constituency. (157729)

Information is not available in the form requested.

Ofsted have produced figures on the numbers of registered child care providers and places on a quarterly basis from March 2003. Their latest figures were published in their report “Registered Childcare Providers and Places, June 2007”, which is available on their website,

www.Ofsted.gov.uk/