Child Care

Mr. Evans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) nurseries, (b) playgroups, (c) child minders, (d) out-of-school clubs and (e) holiday schemes have been provided in Lancashire in each year since 1997. [112057]

Mr. Miliband
The available information for Lancashire Local Authority is shown in the tables.Figures for 2001 and earlier years for England and Government Office regions were published in DfES Statistical Bulletin 08/01 "Children's Day Care Facilities at 31st March 2001", which is available in the Library and on the DfES website, www.dfes.qov.uk/statistics. Figures for 2001 for out of school clubs and holiday schemes have recently been revised and are shown in the tables.
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|Day nurseries             |
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|Playgroups and pre-schools|
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|Childminders              |
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|Out of school clubs       |
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|Holiday schemes           |
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|Day nurseries             |
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|Playgroups and pre-schools|
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|Childminders              |
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|Out of school clubs       |
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|Holiday schemes           |
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