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Childminders Full day care Sessional day care Out of school day care Creche day care All

England

69,925

13,814

8,998

10,608

2,767

106,112

East of England

8,522

1,263

1,463

1,004

388

12,640

East Midlands

5,863

1,099

919

770

197

8,848

London

Inner London

3,693

914

268

691

234

5,800

Outer London

8,008

1,066

716

956

182

10,928

North East and Yorkshire

North East

3,474

542

251

467

283

5,017

Yorkshire and the Humber

6,534

1,323

665

979

270

9,771

North West England

8,072

1,869

930

1,898

423

13,192

South East England

13,218

2,430

1,869

1,533

366

19,416

South West England

6,387

1,642

1,169

1,012

168

10,378

West Midlands

6,154

1;666

748

1,298

256

10,122

(1) Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 if under 100, and to the nearest 100 if over 100.
(2) Data Source: Ofsted

Mr. Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding was provided for child care within Copeland in each of the last 10 years. [175948]

Beverley Hughes: The data on funding for child care cannot be broken down by constituency. The information provided in the following table is for Cumbria local authority.

Child care expenditure

1997-98

4.8

1998-99

11.4

1999-2000

12.5

2000-01

16.6

2001-02

18.3

2002-03

19.1

2003-04

27.5

2004-05

29.8

2005-06

33.7

2006-07

36.7

2007-08

41.0

Notes:
1. Extra funding through the School Standards Grant and Standards Fund is not included in the figures as it is not possible to identify how much of these grants are spent on the under 5s.
2. The data include Under 5s and Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare (Revenue and Capital) elements.
3. For the under 5s element included in the total three different funding methods existed between 1997-98 and 2007-08:
Prior to 2003-04, Early Education funding for four-year-olds was via School Spending Assessments (SSA). Places for three-year-olds in the private, voluntary and independent (PVI) sectors were funded directly via Nursery Education Grant (NEG). New three-year-old places created in the maintained sector were funded via SSA.
Between 2003-04 and 2005-06 LAs received funding to provide free nursery education for three and four-year-olds through the under-fives sub-block of their Education Formula Spending Share (EFSS).
From 2006-07 LAs receive funding for all three to 15-year-olds through the DSG. Funding for under 5s is not separately identified as it is up to local authorities to decide how to distribute their funding.
4. The Sure Start Early Years and Childcare data source is audited returns from the local authority. For years up to and including 2001-02, funding allocation have been quoted as audited data are not available.

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what his forecast is of his Department’s spending on child care in each quarter to 2011, broken down by region; [176683]


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(2) what the real term in his Department’s spending on child care was in each quarter since 1997, broken down by region. [176685]

Beverley Hughes: The information available on forecast spending to 2011 is shown in the following table.

Expenditure forecasts
£ million, cash terms
Child care

2006-07

5,221

2007-08

5,747

2008-09

5,729

2009-10

6,230

2010-11

6,686

Notes:
1. Forecast data is not readily available below national level and is only available on an annual basis.
2. The data includes under-fives and Sure Start, early years and child care (revenue and capital) elements.
3. The data includes funding from 2008-09 for the additional 2.5 hours free entitlement for three and four-year-olds.
4. The under-fives element included in the total includes funding both from DCSF and other sources.

The information available on spending on child care since 1997 is shown in the following table.

Cash Real terms
Child care Expenditure GDP deflator (20 December 2007) Child care expenditure Increase from 1997-98

1997-98

1,690

80.366

2,103

1998-99

1,944

82.400

2,359

256

1999-2000

2,223

84.063

2,644

542

2000-01

2,601

85.260

3,051

948

2001-02

3,165

87.301

3,625

1,523

2002-03

3,437

90.033

3,817

1,715

2003-04

3,760

92.642

4,059

1,956

2004-05

4,196

95.200

4,408

2,305

2005-06

4,673

97.211

4,807

2,704

Notes:
1. This information can only be provided at national level. The data is only available annually so it cannot be broken down by quarter.
2. The data includes under-fives and Sure Start, early years and child care (revenue and capital) elements.
3. The under-fives element included is for total expenditure on under-fives and will include funding both from this Department and other sources.
4. Figures have been adjusted in line with the latest GDP deflators (20 December 2007). 2006-07 has been used as the baseline.
5. 2005-06 figures are provisional.

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the average cost of child care in each quarter since 1997, broken down by region. [176684]

Beverley Hughes: The information is not available in the form requested. Data on the average hourly costs of child care from Ofsted registered providers is collected as part of the child care and early years providers
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survey. The figures on average hourly cost by region from the 2006 child care and early years providers survey are provided in the following table. Figures are not available for earlier years.

Average hourly fees charged by region
Full day are Sessional After school clubs Holiday clubs Childminders

Overall average hourly fee

2.70

1.90

2.30

1.70

3.20

East Midlands

2.70

1.60

2.30

1.20

2.90

East

2.60

2.00

2.50

1.70

3.30

London

2.90

2.10

2.00

1.40

3.90

North East, Yorkshire and Humberside

2.60

1.60

2.30

1.30

3.00

North West

2.60

1.60

2.10

1.50

2.90

South East

2.80

2.20

2.40

1.60

3.40

SouthWest

2.80

1.90

2.30

1.50

3.10

West Midlands

2.70

2.40

2.40

1.20

2.80


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