Children: Day Care

Shona McIsaac

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) out-of-school and (b) holiday play schemes for children there were in (i) North East Lincolnshire and (ii) North Lincolnshire in each of the last five years. (279268)

Table 1 shows the number of out of school clubs in North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire in each of the last five years for which data were collected. The last year that Ofsted collected this information was 2008. Information on the number of holiday play schemes is not available as Ofsted do not collect this data.

*Table 1: Number*^1,2 of out of school clubs for children under eight years of age
	Local authority area
Position at 31 March each year:	North East Lincolnshire	North Lincolnshire
2004	20	20
2005	20	20
2006	30	20
2007	30	20
2008	20	30
¹ Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 if under 100, and to the nearest 100 if over 100. ² Data Source: Ofsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many registered childcare places for children under eight years old there were in Cleethorpes constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008. (279269)

The information requested is not available by parliamentary constituency. Data were collected at local authority level only. The tables show the number of child care places in North East Lincolnshire local authority for 1997 and 2008.

*Table 1 Number*^1,² *of day care places for children under eight years of age by type of provider—North East Lincolnshire* *local authority area, position at 31 March 1997*
Type of provider	Number
Day nurseries	200
Playgroups and pre-schools	900
Childminders	500
Out of school clubs	40
Holiday schemes	³—
Total	1,600
¹ Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 if under 100, and to the nearest 100 if over 100. ² Figures may not add up to total due to rounding ³ Data not collected Source: Children's Day Care Facilities Survey

*Table 2: Number*^1,² *of registered child care places for children under eight years of age by type of care—North East Lincolnshire local authority area,* position at 31 March 2008
Type of care	Number
Full day care	1,500
Sessional day care	300
Childminders	500
Out of school day care	700
Crèche day care	200
Total	3,100
¹ Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 if under 100, and to the nearest 100 if over 100. ² Figures may not add up to total due to rounding Source: Ofsted

Ofsted have collected information on the number of registered child care places available to children aged eight and under on a quarterly basis from March 2003. Their latest figures were published in their report ‘Registered Childcare Providers and Places, March 2009’, which is available on their website

http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofsted-home/Publications-and-research/Browse-all-by/Documents-by-type/Statistics/Registered-childcare-providers-and-places-in-England-December-2008-onwards

Volume 494: debated on Wednesday 17 June 2009