Child Minding Mrs. Maria Miller 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. Beverley Hughes The information requested is shown in the table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |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| | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------