After-school Clubs: East Sussex Mr. Waterson To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many places were available in after-school clubs for (a) primary and (b) secondary school age children in (i) Eastbourne and (ii) East Sussex in each year since 1997. Beverley Hughes The information requested about child care places broken down by primary and secondary school age children is not collected. The available information on the number of registered child care places in out-of-school clubs for children under eight in East Sussex local authority area is shown in the following tables. The latest figures on registered child care providers and places are available on the following website www.ofsted.gov.uk/. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Number of places| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |290 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |230 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |480 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |430 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |480 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |3— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 or 100 places.2 Data Source: Children's Day Care Facilities Survey.3 Not available.| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Number of places| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |2,000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |2,600 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |2,700 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |2,900 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 or 100 places.2 Data Source: Ofsted| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------