21 May 2008 : Column 288W—continued
The number of children looked after that were adopted during the year ending 31 March in (a) Buckinghamshire was 10, and (b) England was 3,300.
Information on the number of respite care home places which were available for disabled children in (a) Aylesbury Vale and (b) England in 2007 is not collected centrally. However, the numbers of children looked after under an agreed series of short-term breaks (respite), who were placed in a children’s home or similar establishment at 31 March 2007, in Buckinghamshire and England, are shown in the following table.
| Children looked after at 31 March 2007, in respite care by placement in care homes( 1,2) , England |
| Number |
| | | Homes and hostels | Other establishments |
| | Total | subject to Children’s Homes regulations | not subject to Children’s Homes regulations | Residential care homes | NHS Trust providing medical/nursing care |
|
England
|
4,200
|
3,700
|
10
|
330
|
170
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
10
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
(1) Source: return on children looked after.
(2) Figures at national level have been rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise. Figures at local authority level have been rounded to the nearest five or if zero are shown as zero.
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The number of looked after children in foster care placements at 31 March 2007 in (a) Buckinghamshire was 205 and (b) England was 42,300.
Children: Day-care
Susan Kramer:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department is taking to ensure childcare providers have security of funding for the duration of study courses being taken by their employees; and if he will make a statement. [206906]
Beverley Hughes:
As set out in our children's plan we have a long-term commitment to have a world class early years system. To improve the quality and training of the early years workforce we have committed an investment of £505 million in a graduate leader. Fund of which £232 million has been allocated for settings via local authorities to introduce more graduate leadership of early years setting in the private, voluntary and independent sectors.
Funding to support training and continuous professional development for the wider workforce (for example up to Level 5 and to work with children with additional needs) is included within the Outcomes, Quality and Inclusion block of the Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare Grant (which is £439 million). The funding is not ring-fenced so that local authorities have the decision how to allocate spend depending on local needs. Section 13 of the Childcare Act 2006 however, states that local authorities have a duty to secure the provision of information, advice and training for childcare providers.
Children: Obesity
Dr. Kumar:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of trends in the numbers of children diagnosed as (a) obese and (b) morbidly obese; and if he will make a statement. [205764]
Dawn Primarolo:
I have been asked to reply.
The information is not available in the exact format requested.
Data on the prevalence of obesity among children aged two to 15 between 1995 and 2006 can be found in the ‘Health Survey for England 2006 latest trends’, published 31 January 2008. The data are presented in table 4 (obesity) of the Children trend tables 2006. This publication is available in the Library.
The classification system used for measuring obesity in children does not have a definition for morbidly obese.
Pre-School Education
Susan Kramer:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the take-up rate of the early years education entitlement in each local authority for the most recent period for which figures are available. [206905]
Beverley Hughes:
Information about the part-time equivalent number of free early education places filled by three and four-year-olds is shown in the following table.
All three and four-year-olds have been entitled to a free part-time early education place for 12.5 hours per
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week for 38 weeks of the year. From 2010, this offer will be extended from 12.5 to 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year.
The latest figures on early education places for three and four-year-olds in England were published in Statistical First Release (SFR) 19/2007 “Provision for children under five years of age in England: January 2007”, available on my Department’s website:
| Part-time equivalent number of free early education places filled by three and four-year-olds England, position in January each year, 2007 data as at 22 May |
| | Part-time equivalent funded places filled | Population estimates | Part-time equivalent funded places filled per 100 children in the population |
|
England
|
1,054,800
|
1,150,675
|
91.7
|
| | | | |
|
North East
|
51,830
|
53,855
|
96.2
|
|
Darlington
|
2,300
|
2,355
|
97.7
|
|
Durham
|
9,560
|
10,165
|
94.0
|
|
Gateshead
|
3,805
|
4,040
|
94.2
|
|
Hartlepool
|
2,055
|
2,095
|
98.1
|
|
Middlesbrough
|
3,360
|
3,290
|
102.2
|
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
5,280
|
5,575
|
94.7
|
|
North Tyneside
|
4,040
|
4,095
|
98.7
|
|
Northumberland
|
6,045
|
6,220
|
97.2
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
2,915
|
3,010
|
96.9
|
|
South Tyneside
|
2,790
|
2,970
|
93.9
|
|
Stockton-on-Tees
|
4,045
|
4,175
|
96.9
|
|
Sunderland
|
5,635
|
5,865
|
96.0
|
| | | | |
|
Northwest
|
143,885
|
153,545
|
93.7
|
|
Blackburn with Daren
|
3,775
|
4,190
|
90.1
|
|
Blackpool
|
2,735
|
2,950
|
92.8
|
|
Bolton
|
6,425
|
6,540
|
98.2
|
|
Bury
|
4,120
|
4,365
|
94.4
|
|
Cheshire
|
13,385
|
14,345
|
93.3
|
|
Cumbria
|
9,265
|
9,645
|
96.0
|
|
Halton
|
2,540
|
2,905
|
87.5
|
|
Knowsley
|
3,375
|
3,545
|
95.2
|
|
Lancashire
|
22,570
|
24,885
|
90.7
|
|
Liverpool
|
9,140
|
9,495
|
96.3
|
|
Manchester
|
10.380
|
10,735
|
96.7
|
|
Oldham
|
5,670
|
6,055
|
93.6
|
|
Rochdale
|
4,775
|
5,220
|
91.5
|
|
Salford
|
4,790
|
4,895
|
97.9
|
|
Sefton
|
5,395
|
5,600
|
96.4
|
|
St. Helens
|
3,505
|
3,825
|
91.7
|
|
Stockport
|
5,645
|
5,975
|
94.5
|
|
Tameside
|
4,520
|
4,930
|
91.7
|
|
Trafford
|
4,865
|
5,150
|
94.5
|
|
Warrington
|
4,305
|
4,450
|
96.8
|
|
Wigan
|
6,140
|
6,890
|
89.1
|
|
Wirral
|
6,555
|
6,965
|
94.1
|
| | | | |
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
107,915
|
114,650
|
94.1
|
|
Barnsley
|
4,675
|
4,860
|
96.2
|
|
Bradford
|
13,315
|
14,645
|
90.9
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|
Calderdale
|
4,625
|
4,685
|
98.7
|
|
Doncaster
|
6,035
|
6,640
|
90.9
|
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
5,985
|
6,530
|
91.7
|
|
Kingston upon Hull, City of
|
5,225
|
5,395
|
96.8
|
|
Kirklees
|
9,085
|
10,255
|
88.6
|
|
Leeds
|
15,185
|
15,495
|
98.0
|
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
3,405
|
3,525
|
96.5
|
|
North Lincolnshire
|
3,160
|
3,445
|
91.8
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
11,095
|
11,775
|
94.2
|
|
Rotherham
|
5,355
|
5,740
|
93.3
|
|
Sheffield
|
10,690
|
11,105
|
96.3
|
|
Wakefield
|
6,715
|
7,005
|
95.8
|
|
York
|
3,375
|
3,550
|
95.1
|
| | | | |
|
East Midlands
|
87,865
|
94,710
|
92.8
|
|
Derby
|
5,655
|
5,565
|
101.6
|
|
Derbyshire
|
14,460
|
15,500
|
93.3
|
|
Leicester
|
7,295
|
7,895
|
92.4
|
|
Leicestershire
|
11,725
|
13,680
|
85.7
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
12,390
|
13,195
|
93.9
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
14,350
|
16,050
|
89.4
|
|
Nottingham
|
6,135
|
6,050
|
101.4
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
15,150
|
16,100
|
94.1
|
|
Rutland
|
710
|
675
|
105.0
|
| | | | |
|
West Midlands
|
116,220
|
125,165
|
92.9
|
|
Birmingham
|
25,180
|
28,445
|
88.5
|
|
Coventry
|
6,825
|
7,175
|
95.2
|
|
Dudley
|
6,610
|
6,855
|
96.5
|
|
Herefordshire
|
3,125
|
3,445
|
90.7
|
|
Sandwell
|
6,955
|
7,525
|
92.4
|
|
Shropshire
|
5,725
|
5,670
|
100.9
|
|
Solihull
|
4,385
|
4,280
|
102.4
|
|
Staffordshire
|
15,470
|
16,885
|
91.6
|
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
5,255
|
5,465
|
96.1
|
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
3,710
|
4,020
|
92.3
|
|
Walsall
|
6,160
|
6,500
|
94.7
|
|
Warwickshire
|
10,430
|
11,340
|
92.0
|
|
Wolverhampton
|
5,465
|
5,710
|
95.7
|
|
Worcestershire
|
10,925
|
11,850
|
92.2
|
| | | | |
|
East of England
|
114,385
|
127,180
|
89.9
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
8,630
|
9,610
|
89.8
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
11,360
|
13,045
|
87.1
|
|
Essex
|
26,420
|
30,005
|
88.0
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
23,995
|
25,420
|
94.4
|
|
Luton
|
5,135
|
5,565
|
92.3
|
|
Norfolk
|
14,750
|
16,330
|
90.3
|
|
Peterborough
|
4,005
|
4,250
|
94.2
|
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
3,455
|
3,740
|
92.3
|
|
Suffolk
|
13,245
|
15,380
|
86.1
|
|
Thurrock
|
3,385
|
3,830
|
88.4
|
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|
London
|
171,805
|
193,210
|
88.9
|
|
Inner London( 1)
|
67,615
|
78,165
|
86.5
|
|
Camden
|
4,080
|
5,140
|
79.4
|
|
Hackney
|
5,685
|
6,930
|
82.0
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
3,590
|
4,030
|
89.1
|
|
Haringey
|
5,875
|
6,390
|
91.9
|
|
Islington
|
4,040
|
4,100
|
98:5
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
2,515
|
4,110
|
61.2
|
|
Lambeth
|
6,390
|
7,285
|
87.7
|
|
Lewisham
|
5,680
|
6,475
|
87.7
|
|
Newham
|
7,735
|
8,410
|
92.0
|
|
Southwark
|
6,220
|
6,990
|
89.0
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
6,020
|
6,710
|
89.7
|
|
Wandsworth
|
6,205
|
6.745
|
92.0
|
|
Westminster
|
3,470
|
4,735
|
73.3
|
|
Outer London
|
104,190
|
115,045
|
90.6
|
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
4,405
|
4,985
|
88.4
|
|
Barnet
|
7,295
|
8,550
|
85.3
|
|
Bexley
|
4,725
|
5,160
|
91.5
|
|
Brent
|
6,110
|
7,065
|
86.5
|
|
Bromley
|
6,215
|
6,960
|
89.3
|
|
Croydon
|
7,735
|
8,550
|
90.5
|
|
Ealing
|
7,225
|
7,680
|
94.1
|
|
Enfield
|
6,615
|
7,675
|
86.2
|
|
Greenwich
|
6,005
|
6,330
|
94.9
|
|
Harrow
|
4,325
|
5,280
|
81.9
|
|
Havering
|
4,495
|
4,850
|
92.6
|
|
Hillingdon
|
6,285
|
6,340
|
99.1
|
|
Hounslow
|
4,845
|
5,740
|
84.4
|
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
3,140
|
3,470
|
90.5
|
|
Merton
|
4,380
|
4,615
|
94.9
|
|
Redbridge
|
6,360
|
6,670
|
95.3
|
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
4,200
|
4,720
|
89.0
|
|
Sutton
|
3,810
|
4,010
|
95.0
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
6,025
|
6,395
|
94.2
|
| | | | |
|
Southeast
|
166,190
|
184,105
|
90.3
|
|
Bracknell Forest
|
2,380
|
2,660
|
89.4
|
|
Brighton and Hove
|
4,975
|
5,255
|
94.7
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
10,840
|
11,550
|
93.9
|
|
East Sussex
|
8,760
|
10,075
|
87.0
|
|
Hampshire
|
24,450
|
27,490
|
88.9
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
2,2,10
|
2,510
|
88.0
|
|
Kent
|
27,675
|
31,215
|
88.7
|
|
Medway
|
5,710
|
6,235
|
91.6
|
|
Milton Keynes
|
5,525
|
6,005
|
92.0
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
13,170
|
14,345
|
91.8
|
|
Portsmouth
|
3,985
|
4,010
|
99.4
|
|
Reading
|
3,210
|
3,360
|
95.6
|
|
Slough
|
3,180
|
3,390
|
93.8
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|
Southampton
|
4,210
|
4,550
|
92.5
|
|
Surrey
|
22,145
|
24,935
|
88.8
|
|
West Berkshire
|
3,065
|
3,475
|
88.2
|
|
West Sussex
|
14,515
|
16,340
|
88.8
|
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
2,930
|
3,220
|
91.0
|
|
Wokingham
|
3,240
|
3,485
|
92.9
|
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|
Southwest
|
94,705
|
104,250
|
90.8
|
|
Bath and North East Somerset
|
3,135
|
3,370
|
93.0
|
|
Bournemouth
|
2,730
|
2,975
|
91.8
|
|
Bristol, City of
|
8,085
|
8,770
|
92.2
|
|
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
|
9,230
|
10,090
|
91.5
|
|
Devon
|
12,425
|
13,745
|
90,4
|
|
Dorset
|
6,615
|
7,385
|
89.6
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
10,950
|
12,170
|
90.0
|
|
North Somerset
|
3,770
|
4,225
|
89.2
|
|
Plymouth
|
4,915
|
5,180
|
94.9
|
|
Poole
|
2,410
|
2,760
|
87.3
|
|
Somerset
|
9,670
|
10,675
|
90.6
|
|
South Gloucestershire
|
5,120
|
5,695
|
89.9
|
|
Swindon
|
4,060
|
4,430
|
91.6
|
|
Torbay
|
2,385
|
2,625
|
90.8
|
|
Wiltshire
|
9,190
|
10,145
|
90.6
|
(1) Includes City of London
Notes:
1. A PTE place is equal to five sessions and can be filled by more than one child. A child who attends more than five sessions in any one provider is counted as doing five sessions.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest five.
3. Rounding of components may cause discrepancies in totals.
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