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The numbers and proportions of full day-care settings, broken down by sector and divided by financial year between 2003 and 2008, are shown in the tables below. These figures are derived from the data available at the end of each financial year and include only providers that were active at those points. For each financial year our figures use the most recent inspection visits, where the reports have been quality assured or have not been withdrawn from publication.

Please note that the change of inspection framework between the periods 2003-05 and 2005-08 means that inspection outcomes between these two periods are not comparable.

You should be aware that the selection of provision for inspection each year is not random. We select providers for inspection each year based on a number of factors, including the period since their last inspection and the grade awarded them at that inspection. Towards the end of each cycle we inspect a disproportionate number of providers who have not actively cared for children within that cycle. Therefore, these figures should not be used to make judgements about the standards of national provision.

Where you have asked for private, voluntary and independent full day care, we have provided private and voluntary, as these are the only categories we hold on our database. You will also note that a proportion of full day-care providers are recorded as ‘not specified’. This is because this information was not collected as part of our regulatory and inspection activities. We do not, as a
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matter of course, collect our data in line with the sector types specified in the question. In line with the National Standards, we used the categories of full day care, sessional day care, out of school care and crèches, rather than sector type. Consequently, I would advise caution when using these data since they do not represent the full picture within each sector.

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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.

Inspection gradings for Children Act inspections of full day care providers, broken down by sector

2003-04 financial year
	Sector
	Local authority maintained		Private/voluntary		Other		Not specified		Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Good	125	65	1,870	55	32	56	237	54	2,264	56
Satisfactory	67	35	1,475	44	24	42	190	44	1,756	43
Unsatisfactory	0	0	36	1	1	2	5	1	42	1
Total	192	100	3,385	100	57	100	436	100	4,070	100

2004-0 5 financial year
	Sector
	Local authority maintained		Private/voluntary		Other		Not specified		Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Good	193	78	2,714	68	67	71	548	65	3,522	68
Satisfactory	55	22	1,245	31	25	27	284	34	1,609	31
Unsatisfactory	0	0	43	1	2	2	7	1	52	1
Total	248	100	4,002	100	94	100	839	100	5,183	100

Overall care inspection gradings for full day care providers broken down by sector

2005-0 6 financial year
	Sector
	Local authority maintained		Private/voluntary		Other		Not specified		Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Outstanding	3	3	19	1	2	4	23	3	47	2
Good	61	64	952	55	35	65	376	56	1,424	56
Satisfactory	25	27	633	36	17	31	240	36	916	36
Inadequate	5	5	137	8	0	0	33	5	175	7
Total	95	100	1,741	100	54	100	672	100	2,562	100

2006-07 financial year
	Sector
	Local authority maintained		Private/voluntary		Other		Not specified		Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Outstanding	0	0	63	3	2	4	33	3	98	3
Good	100	71	1,287	58	33	59	726	60	2,146	59
Satisfactory	34	24	777	35	20	36	410	34	1,241	34
Inadequate	6	4	107	5	1	2	48	4	162	4
Total	140	100	2,234	100	56	100	1,217	100	3,647	100

200 7 -0 8 financial year
	Sector
	Local authority maintained		Private/voluntary		Other		Not specified		Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Outstanding	10	5	144	5	3	4	39	4	196	4
Good	132	71	2,090	66	47	68	629	61	2,898	65
Satisfactory	39	21	796	25	17	25	313	30	1,165	26
Inadequate	5	3	146	5	2	3	51	5	204	5
Total	186	100	3,176	100	69	100	1,032	100	4,463	100

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