Pre-School Education Mrs. Maria Miller To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2009, Official Report, columns 490-91W, on pre-school education, how many and what proportion of children (a) under the age of two, (b) aged two, (c) aged three and (d) aged four years were in (i) full day care, (ii) full day care in children’s centres, (iii) sessional care, (iv) after school clubs, (v) holiday clubs, (vi) childminder care, (vii) nursery schools, (viii) primary schools with nursery and reception classes and (ix) primary schools with reception but no nursery in each year since 1997. Beverley Hughes The Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey collects information on the ages of children in child care and early years providers in England. The following tables show the number and proportion of children attending child care settings for each year for which data are available. Data in the following tables are from the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Childcare and Early Years Providers Surveys. Data are not available separately for those aged under one year. In the 2005 survey data are only available for two age bands: under two, and between two and four years. Data for earlier years are not available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Type of provider |Under 2 years|2 years|3 years|4 years| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Full day care |167,900 |203,100|249,700|144,400| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Full day care in children’s centres |14,300 |18,800 |19,700 |11,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sessional care |5,200 |63,500 |158,600|93,700 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |After school |2,800 |4,100 |11,300 |32,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Holiday clubs |4,200 |5,800 |10,600 |19,200 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Childminder |53,300 |39,700 |33,600 |26,500 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nursery schools1 |— |— |17,600 |20,600 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Primary schools with nursery and reception classes1|— |— |119,200|214,000| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Primary schools with reception but no nursery |— |— |— |83,800 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- |Percentage | ---------------------------------------------------- |Type of provider |Under 2 years|2 years|3 years|4 years| ---------------------------------------------------- |Full day care |13|34|42|25| ---------------------------------------------------- |Full day care in children’s centres |1|3|3|2| ---------------------------------------------------- |Sessional care |0|10|27|16| ---------------------------------------------------- |After school |0|1|2|6| ---------------------------------------------------- |Holiday clubs |0|1|2|3| ---------------------------------------------------- |Childminder |4|7|6|5| ---------------------------------------------------- |Nursery schools |—|—|3|4| ---------------------------------------------------- |Primary schools with nursery and reception classes|—|—|20|37| ---------------------------------------------------- |Primary schools with reception but no nursery |—|—|—|15| ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Type of provider |Under 2 years|2 years|3 years|4 years| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Full day care |169,200 |206,600|259,900|174,100| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sessional care |98,700 |189,100|349,300|230,800| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Before school |36,700 |44,900 |65,400 |55,600 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |After school |41,000 |50,300 |73,400 |66,400 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Holiday care |55,400 |68,400 |91,700 |73,100 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Childminders |47,300 |37,600 |33,500 |24,000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Primary school with nursery1 |— |— |96,000 |16,700 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Primary school with reception1|— |— |— |17,100 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Maintained nursery1 |— |— |14,900 |1,400 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- |Percentage | --------------------------------- |Type of provider |Under 2 years|2 years|3 years|4 years| --------------------------------- |Full day care |13.1|32.9|42.9|29.5| --------------------------------- |Sessional care |7.6|30.1|57.6|39.2| --------------------------------- |Before school |2.8|7.2|10.8|9.4| --------------------------------- |After school |3.2|8.0|12.1|11.3| --------------------------------- |Holiday care |4.3|10.9|15.1|12.4| --------------------------------- |Childminder |3.7|6.0|5.5|4.1| --------------------------------- |Primary schools with nursery1 |—|—|15.8|2.8| --------------------------------- |Primary schools with reception1|—|—|—|2.9| --------------------------------- |Maintained nursery1 |—|—|2.5|0.2| --------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- |Type of provider |Under 2 years old|2 to 4 years old| ------------------------------------------------------- |Full day care |146,400 |491,400 | ------------------------------------------------------- |Sessional day care|9,000 |354,000 | ------------------------------------------------------- |Out of school |10,700 |79,300 | ------------------------------------------------------- |Childminders |47,600 |82,800 | ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Percentage | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Type of provider |Under 2 years old|2 to 4 years old| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Full day care |11.5|27.5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Sessional day care |0.7|19.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Out of school |0.8|4.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Childminders |3.8|4.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 These providers were only asked to provide data on the age groups where proportions are presented.Notes:1. Children may attend more than one provider and therefore will be included in the figures and proportions for more than one of the provider types in the tables. For this reason some columns total more than 100 per cent.2. Sessional care: defined as “facilities where children under eight attend day are for no more than five sessions a week, each session being less than a continuous period of four hours in any day. Where two sessions are offered in any one day, there is a break between sessions with no children in the care of the provider.”| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mrs. Maria Miller To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2009, Official Report, column 1478W, on pre-school education, by what date he expects the extension of free early education entitlement to nursery care from 12.5 hours to 15 hours a week to apply in the case of two-year-olds in all local authority areas. Beverley Hughes The extension to the free early education entitlement for three and four year-olds from 12.5 hours to 15 hours a week will be delivered, in all local authorities, by September 2010. An offer of free early education to 15 per cent. of the most disadvantaged two-year-olds and their families will begin to be delivered in all local authorities by September 2009. We will be testing offers of both 10 and 15 hours in different local authorities, while we evaluate the best approach to further roll out of the offer. Decisions regarding the pace and scale of wider roll out will be taken based on evidence gathered from the pilot and in the light of wider fiscal considerations as part of the next comprehensive spending review.