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Hansard

Child Minding

Volume 480: debated on Wednesday 8 October 2008

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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many registered childminders there were in each region in each quarter of the last three years. (223747)

The information requested is shown in the table.

*Number*^{1, 2} *of registered childminders for children under eight years of age, position at each quarter from 2005/06 to 2008/09, by Government Office Region in England*
	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09
	Apr to Jun	Jul to Sep	Oct to Dec	Jan to Mar	Apr to Jun	Jul to Sep	Oct to Dec	Jan to Mar	Apr to Jun	Jul to Sep	Oct to Dec	Jan to Mar	Apr to Jun
England	70,900	71,100	71,500	71,600	71,600	71,200	71,500	69,900	68,300	67,400	65,800	64,600	64,300

North East	3,500	3,500	3,600	3,600	3,600	3,500	3,500	3,500	3,400	3,200	3,200	3,100	3,100
North West England	8,300	8,300	8,300	8,300	8,300	8,200	8,200	8,100	7,800	7,600	7,500	7,400	7,300
Yorkshire and the Humber	6,700	6,700	6,700	6,800	6,800	6,800	6,700	6,500	6,400	6,200	6,100	6,000	5,900
East Midlands	5,900	5,900	5,900	5,900	5,900	5,900	5,900	5,900	5,800	5,700	5,600	5,400	5,400
West Midlands	6,400	6,400	6,300	6,200	6,200	6,300	6,200	6,200	6,000	5,900	5,700	5,600	5,500
East of England	8,500	8,600	8,600	8,500	8,500	8,500	8,500	8,500	8,300	8,200	7,800	7,700	7,700
Inner London	3,500	3,500	3,600	3,600	3,700	3,700	3,800	3,700	3,700	3,700	3,600	3,500	3,500
Outer London	8,000	8,100	8,100	8,200	8,200	8,200	8,200	8,000	7,800	7,800	7,600	7,400	7,400
South East England	13,600	13,500	13,700	13,800	13,700	13,500	13,700	13,200	12,900	12,900	12,700	12,500	12,500
South West England	6,600	6,600	6,700	6,700	6,700	6,600	6,600	6,400	6,200	6,200	6,100	6,000	6,000
¹ Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100. ² Data Source: Ofsted