A copy of this reply has been sent to Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP, Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families, and will be placed in the library of both Houses.
Table A: Inspection data for c hildminders between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2008, by Government Office region (GOR)
Inspections between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2006
Government office region
Total childminders at 1 April 2006
Total inspected 2005/06
Total inspected 2005/06 inadequate
Proportion inadequate 2005/06
North East
3,565
772
42
5.4
South West England
6,673
1,852
52
2.8
West Midlands
6,222
2,090
55
2.6
Outer London
8,179
1,855
80
4.3
East of England
8,543
2,435
77
3.2
East Midlands
5,901
1,538
53
3.4
North West England
8,320
2,103
76
3.6
South East England
13,758
3,448
74
2.1
Inner London
3,648
687
43
6.3
Yorkshire and the Humber
6,813
1,752
55
3.1
Inspections between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2007
Government office region
Total childminders at 1 April 2007
Total inspected 2006/07
Total inspected 2006/07 inadequate
Proportion inadequate 2006/07
North East
3,474
755
48
6.4
South West England
6,387
1,786
59
3.3
West Midlands
6,154
1,698
75
4.4
Outer London
8,008
1,268
72
5.7
East of England
8,522
2,652
95
3.6
East Midlands
5,863
1,608
72
4.5
North West England
8,072
1,894
91
4.8
South East England
13,218
3,265
91
2.8
Inner London
3,693
518
41
7.9
Yorkshire and the Humber
6,534
1,599
93
5.8
Inspections between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008
Government office region
Total childminders at 1 April 2008
Total inspected 2007/08
Total inspected 2007/08 inadequate
Proportion inadequate 2007/08
North East
3,128
1,211
97
8.0
South West England
6,021
1,799
99
5.5
West Midlands
5,574
1,394
109
7.8
Outer London
7,440
2,562
219
8.5
East of England
7,728
2,101
167
7.9
East Midlands
5,449
1,693
150
8.9
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North West England
7,350
2,624
203
7.7
South East England
12,452
3,780
183
4.8
Inner London
3,536
1,153
109
9.5
Yorkshire and the Humber
5,970
2,142
189
8.8
Notes:
1. All inspection data taken from the Regulatory Support Application (RSA) database as it was at 1 April 2008. Active provider data taken from the RSA database as it was at 6 April 2006, 30 March 2007 and 1 April 2008 respectively.
2. In order to capture all inadequate ratings following an Ofsted inspection, the data provided give the number and proportion of providers that were inadequate at any time during the time period. Since a provider may receive a re-inspection and no longer be inadequate by the end of the year, these figures do not reflect our other publications which only capture the most recent inspection of a provider.
Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 23 September 2008:
Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, for a response.
The information you require is presented in Tables A and B attached.
Our source for identifying the 10% most and least deprived local authorities is the Government’s “Indices of Deprivation 2007” (an index published once every three years), as taken from the website of the Department for Communities and Local Government (www.communities.oov.uk).
A copy of this reply has been sent to Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP, Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families, and will be placed in the library of both Houses.
Table A: Number of registered childminders in the 10 per cent . most deprived local authorities
