House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 15 Nov 2004 (pt 12)

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Child Care

Jon Cruddas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many child care places there have been in the Dagenham constituency in each year since 1997. [196449]

Margaret Hodge: The information is not available in the form requested.

Figures for 2003 and 2004 are shown in Table 1.

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Table 1 Number of registered child care places1,2 by type of providerBarking and Dagenham local authority 2003 and 2004Position at 31 March each year

2003 2004

Full day care 700 700

Sessional day care 700 700

Childminders 800 900

Out of school day care 500 600

Crèche day care 200 200

⁽⁹⁾ The figures have been rounded to the nearest 100 places.
⁽¹⁰⁾ Data Source: Ofsted

	2003	2004
Full day care	700	700
Sessional day care	700	700
Childminders	800	900
Out of school day care	500	600
Crèche day care	200	200

Figures for 1997–2001 are shown in Table 2.
Table 2 Number of day care places⁽¹¹⁾ ^, ⁽¹²⁾ by type of providerBarking and Dagenham local authority 1997–2001Position at 31 March each year

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Day nurseries 360 ⁽¹³⁾— 430 440 450

Playgroups and pre-schools 860 750 740 700 1,100

Childminders 650 630 720 660 680

Out of school clubs 170 210 260 260 340

Holiday schemes⁽¹⁴⁾ 1,210 1,510 3,600 ⁽¹⁵⁾4,500 5,300

⁽¹¹⁾ The figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 places.
⁽¹²⁾ Data Source: Children's Day Care Facilities Survey.
⁽¹³⁾ Not available
⁽¹⁴⁾ From 1999, places were counted once for each school holiday. Before 1999, places were counted once each year.
⁽¹⁵⁾ Includes schemes that were exempt from registration.

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Day nurseries	360	⁽¹³⁾—	430	440	450
Playgroups and pre-schools	860	750	740	700	1,100
Childminders	650	630	720	660	680
Out of school clubs	170	210	260	260	340
Holiday schemes⁽¹⁴⁾	1,210	1,510	3,600	⁽¹⁵⁾4,500	5,300

The figures for 2003 and 2004 are not directly comparable with the figures for 1997–2001 because the figures for 2003 and 2004 were derived from the Ofsted database of registered child care providers and the figures for 1997–2001 were derived from the Children's Day Care Facilities Survey, which was discontinued in 2001. There are no figures for 2002.

With the introduction of the National Day Care Standards and the transfer of responsibilities for registration and inspection of child care providers from local authority social service departments to Ofsted in September 2001, child care places were classified according the type of day care provided: full day care, sessional day care, childminder, out of school day care or crèche day care. Ofsted have produced figures based on this classification on a quarterly basis from March 2003. Their latest figures were published on 21 October 2004 in their report "Registered Childcare Providers and Places, 30 September 2004", which is available on their website, www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications.

Up until March 2001, child care providers were classified according to the type of provider: day nurseries, playgroups and pre-schools, childminders, out of school clubs and holiday schemes. Figures based on this classification were published in a series of statistical bulletins, which are available from the Department's website, www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics.

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many child care places there have been in Pendle in each year since 1997. [197033]

Margaret Hodge: The information is not available in the form requested.

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Figures for 2003 and 2004 for Lancashire local authority are shown in Table 1.
Table 1 Number of registered child care places1,2 by type of providerLancashire local authority 2003 and 2004Position at 31 March each year

2003 2004

Full day care 10,800 13,200

Sessional day care 4,900 4,900

Childminders 5,600 5,900

Out of school day care 6,100 7,400

Crèche day care 300 200

⁽¹⁶⁾ The figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.
⁽¹⁷⁾ Data Source: Ofsted

	2003	2004
Full day care	10,800	13,200
Sessional day care	4,900	4,900
Childminders	5,600	5,900
Out of school day care	6,100	7,400
Crèche day care	300	200

Figures for 1997–2001 are shown in Table 2.
Table 2 Number of day care places available⁽¹⁸⁾ ^, ⁽¹⁹⁾ by type of providerLancashire local authority 1997–2001Position at 31 March each year

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Day nurseries 9,900 ⁽²⁰⁾— 8,800 9,600 10,900

Playgroups and pre-schools 8,200 ⁽²⁰⁾— 6,600 6,600 6,500

Childminders 8,800 ⁽²⁰⁾— 6,000 5,800 5,900

Out of school clubs 1,100 ⁽²⁰⁾— 1,600 1,900 2,200

Holiday schemes⁽²¹⁾ 1,500 ⁽²⁰⁾— 900 ⁽²²⁾670 640

⁽¹⁸⁾ The figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and 100 where appropriate.
⁽¹⁹⁾ Data Source: Children's Day Care Facilities Survey.
⁽²⁰⁾ Not available
⁽²¹⁾ From 1999, places were counted once for each school holiday. Before 1999, places were counted once each year.
⁽²²⁾ Includes schemes that were exempt from registration.

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Day nurseries	9,900	⁽²⁰⁾—	8,800	9,600	10,900
Playgroups and pre-schools	8,200	⁽²⁰⁾—	6,600	6,600	6,500
Childminders	8,800	⁽²⁰⁾—	6,000	5,800	5,900
Out of school clubs	1,100	⁽²⁰⁾—	1,600	1,900	2,200
Holiday schemes⁽²¹⁾	1,500	⁽²⁰⁾—	900	⁽²²⁾670	640

Consultants

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much expenditure his Department has incurred in each year since 2002 on employing external consultants to deal with the press and public relations of his Department; and if he will make a statement. [195455]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The spend on Public Relations activity the Department since 2002 is as follows:

£ million

2002–03 1,944,457

2003–04 2,699,280

2004–05 year to date (as at 4 Nov) 760,946

	£ million
2002–03	1,944,457
2003–04	2,699,280
2004–05	year to date (as at 4 Nov) 760,946

The Department has not incurred expenditure on press relations consultants in this period.

Departmental Publications (Access)

Mr. Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of publications issued by his Department are available in (a) Braille, (b) autoprint, (c) large print and (d) easy read format. [194286]

Mr. Stephen Twigg: The Department follows the advice given by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in their Guidance Note number 16 "Official Publications and Extending Availability for Disabled People".

The Department will respond to any request for access to publications in alternative formats and will in principle make all publications available in the formats mentioned. It is not possible, without disproportionate cost, to give the details requested of numbers and proportions of the numbers produced of each format for each publication.

The Department does not have a standard formula for the numbers or proportion of alternative formats to produce for its publications. A large number of publications are produced, to a wide range of target audiences, and requirements are considered on an individual basis according to the subject topic, target audience and potential demand.

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