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Childcare Places

Mr. Denis Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many new childcare places have been created in each of the last three years in (a) England, (b) Northumberland and (c) Wansbeck constituency. [14538]

Bill Rammell: The Department is unable to provide constituency level data on childcare places.

However, from March 2002 to March 2005 nationally the registered stock of childcare places has increased by 282,549, with 1,564 of these being created in Northumberland. The following table details the number of places created in all local authorities (LAs) throughout England year by year, for the past 3 years.

	Childcare places created
	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	Total
Barking and Dagenham	93	257	72	421
Barnet	465	296	901	1,662
Barnsley	289	671	427	1,387
Bath and North East Somerset	279	123	395	797
Bedfordshire	1,302	926	-339	1,889
Bexley	520	458	299	1,278
Birmingham	444	2,549	1,179	4,172
Blackburn UA	335	979	385	1,698
Blackpool UA	434	344	258	1,036
Bolton	402	1,045	301	1,749
Bournemouth UA	470	797	830	2,098
Bracknell Forest UA	142	280	-189	233
Bradford	1,060	1,414	826	3,300
Brent	303	674	253	1,229
Brighton and Hove UA	264	482	453	1,199
Bristol	1,282	1,002	-33	2,251
Bromley	-27	729	500	1,203
Buckinghamshire	856	1,211	653	2,720
Bury	6	551	487	1,044
Calderdale	359	632	604	1,595
Cambridgeshire	444	1,597	1,010	3,051
Camden	217	234	-119	331
Cheshire	580	1,579	880	3,039
City of London	-291	122	45	-124
Cornwall	3357	1,536	870	5,763
Coventry	-181	766	603	1,187
Croydon	387	747	1,388	2,522
Cumbria	767	2,334	1,018	4,120
Darlington UA	267	295	163	725
Derby UA	404	639	206	1,249
Derbyshire	1231	945	1,143	3,319
Devon	-17	730	982	1,695
Doncaster	662	945	852	2,460
Dorset	33	478	664	1,174
Dudley	474	351	214	1,040
Durham	672	920	536	2,128
Ealing	227	778	415	1,421
East Riding of Yorkshire	542	691	13	1,247
East Sussex	817	1,850	627	3,294
Enfield	377	395	217	989
Essex	948	1,150	1,068	3,165
Gateshead	180	464	589	1,232
Gloucestershire	32	184	401	617
Greenwich	843	612	376	1,831
Hackney	277	547	1,651	2,475
Halton UA	7	1,204	163	1,374
Hammersmith and Fulham	378	323	641	1,342
Hampshire	-2260	4,481	1,823	4,044
Haringey	230	838	596	1,664
Harrow	581	492	59	1,132
Hartlepool UA	710	533	426	1,669
Havering	686	459	469	1,614
Herefordshire	634	371	32	1,038
Hertfordshire	868	3,727	1,271	5,866
Hillingdon	-421	255	-115	-281
Hounslow	185	326	553	1,064
Isle of Wight	293	226	235	755
Isles of Scilly	16	-76	-1	-61
Islington	63	241	336	640
Kensington and Chelsea	292	266	116	675
Kent	-58	3,354	2,811	6,107
Kingston Upon Hull	1422	520	305	2,248
Kingston Upon Thames	21	496	350	867
Kirklees	428	881	602	1,911
Knowsley	172	476	587	1,235
Lambeth	458	1,091	627	2,175
Lancashire	215	3,854	2,617	6,685
Leeds	1532	402	823	2,756
Leicester UA	138	142	188	468
Leicestershire	4028	1,732	628	6,389
Lewisham	540	1,029	451	2,020
Lincolnshire	1537	1,699	656	3,892
Liverpool	306	1,611	1,056	2,973
Luton UA	1015	899	542	2,455
Manchester	578	1,378	224	2,180
Medway	690	733	442	1,865
Merton	627	733	329	1,689
Middlesbrough	383	-146	252	489
Milton Keynes UA	334	662	1,146	2,141
NE Lincolnshire	557	621	398	1,576
Newcastle Upon Tyne	552	629	177	1,358
Newham	721	1,191	185	2,097
Norfolk	759	2,761	588	4,109
North Lincolnshire	531	391	326	1,248
North Somerset	282	682	560	1,524
North Tyneside	316	1,291	-105	1,501
North Yorkshire	918	1,800	124	2,842
Northamptonshire	46	2,015	1,589	3,649
Northumberland	323	755	486	1,564
Nottingham UA	198	491	129	818
Nottinghamshire	1485	2,362	82	3,929
Oldham	660	1,606	325	2,592
Oxfordshire	941	2,055	238	3,234
Peterborough UA	854	1,015	403	2,272
Plymouth	585	911	414	1,910
Poole UA	389	285	79	752
Portsmouth UA	52	570	629	1,252
Reading	31	958	5	994
Redbridge	374	591	1,051	2,016
Redcar and Cleveland UA	356	657	-6	1,007
Richmond Upon Thames	78	423	567	1,068
Rochdale	503	705	-328	880
Rotherham	472	578	79	1,129
Rutland UA	56	164	119	339
Salford	643	803	112	1,558
Sandwell	640	630	-94	1,177
Sefton	488	899	247	1,635
Sheffield	965	1,729	1,029	3,722
Shropshire	643	775	427	1,845
Slough UA	196	-108	495	584
Solihull	295	28	388	711
Somerset	66	789	180	1,035
South Gloucestershire	604	470	532	1,606
South Tyneside	364	1,811	-551	1,625
Southampton UA	43	1,466	167	1,675
Southend UA	345	824	110	1,279
Southwark	48	1,005	1,319	2,373
St. Helens	402	511	983	1,896
Staffordshire	1013	2,839	1,142	4,994
Stockport	68	592	446	1,107
Stockton-on-Tees UA	341	797	442	1,580
Stoke-on-Trent	315	607	410	1,331
Suffolk	1459	2,926	1,372	5,757
Sunderland	140	490	672	1,302
Surrey	1465	1,835	1,065	4,365
Sutton	276	460	660	1,396
Swindon	224	727	267	1,218
Tameside	500	688	558	1,745
Telford and Wrekin UA	296	193	-257	232
Thurrock UA	427	704	95	1,227
Torbay UA	215	695	106	1,015
Tower Hamlets	777	655	195	1,627
Trafford	314	766	-230	850
Wakefield	691	794	839	2,325
Walsall	505	872	-92	1,284
Waltham Forest	399	366	-54	711
Wandsworth	346	871	201	1,418
Warrington UA	409	942	-151	1,200
Warwickshire	2533	1,155	1,097	4,785
West Berks	383	-368	686	700
West Sussex	1574	1,626	1,516	4,716
Westminster	-404	208	-242	-439
Wigan	562	1,153	441	2,155
Wiltshire	-79	629	964	1,514
Windsor and Maidenhead UA	103	553	340	996
Wirral	1325	485	315	2,125
Wokingham UA	134	-13	386	508
Wolverhampton	722	205	502	1,429
Worcestershire	924	1,712	-86	2,550
York UA	46	37	207	290
National total	74,931	134,864	72,585	282,381

 
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Childcare Vouchers Scheme

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what representations she has received about the eligibility of teachers for the salary-sacrifice childcare vouchers scheme; and if she will make a statement. [14155]

Beverley Hughes: Ministers and the Department have received a number of written and telephone representations from teachers and teacher employers about the use of salary sacrifice for childcare vouchers. The possibility of making salary sacrifice available to teachers for childcare vouchers and other benefits is currently being considered.
 
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Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the practicality of altering the school teachers' pay and conditions document to enable provision for salary-sacrifice childcare vouchers. [14156]

Beverley Hughes: Making a provision for salary sacrifice in the school teacher's pay and conditions document, enabling teachers to use this facility for childcare vouchers and other benefits, requires the consideration and recommendation of the independent School Teachers' Review Body following a remit from my right hon. Friend. Such an alteration would also be preceded by consultation with national representatives of teachers, employers and governors.
 
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Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching staff have had salary-sacrifice childcare vouchers issued and subsequently withdrawn since the scheme began. [14190]

Beverley Hughes: The information requested is not held centrally.

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