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Children: Day Care

Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many childcare settings have closed in each quarter of the last five years. [249773]

Beverley Hughes [holding answer 20 January 2009]: The information requested is shown in the following table.

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Number and percentage of child care providers that have opened and closed( 1) : position as at each quarter—England
	2003/04						2004/05
	Childminders		Full day care		Out of school day care( 2)		Childminders		Full day care		Out of school day care( 2)
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
April to June
Opened	4,300	6.3	500	5.2	500	6.0	3,300	4.5	800	7.5	600	6.2
Closed	2,500	3.6	200	2.0	200	2.7	3,000	4.1	300	2.9	400	4.3
July to September
Opened	4,000	5.7	700	7.1	800	9.7	3,600	5.0	900	7.5	900	10.1
Closed	3,800	5.5	300	2.7	400	4.5	4,400	6.1	500	4.7	600	6.6
October to December
Opened	4,000	5.7	500	4.9	500	6.0	3,000	4.1	600	4.7	500	5.6
Closed	2,200	3.1	200	2.1	200	2.0	3,800	5.3	500	3.9	600	6.0
January to March
Opened	4,000	5.5	800	7.4	600	6.4	3,200	4.6	600	4.8	600	6.0
Closed	3,600	5.0	400	3.7	400	4.8	4,000	5.7	400	3.6	600	6.1
Total
Opened	16,300	22.5	2,500	22.6	2,400	25.9	13,100	18.6	2,800	23.3	2,600	27.3
Closed	12,100	16.7	1,100	9.7	1,200	13.0	15,300	21.8	1,800	14.5	2,200	22.6

	2005/06						2006/07
	Childminders		Full day care		Out of school day care( 2)		Childminders		Full day care		Out of school day care( 2)
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
April to June
Opened	3,200	4.7	500	4.4	500	5.3	2,700	3.8	500	3.9	500	4.5
Closed	2,500	3.6	300	1.7	300	2.5	2,700	3.8	300	2.4	400	4.0
July to September
Opened	3,100	4.4	700	5.3	800	7.8	3,100	4.3	700	5.1	700	6.5
Closed	3,000	3.8	400	3.6	500	5.2	3,400	4.8	400	3.0	600	5.3
October to December
Opened	2,700	3.8	500	4.1	500	4.5	3,000	4.2	500	4.0	500	4.6
Closed	2,300	3.2	300	2.3	300	3.3	2,700	3.8	400	2.7	400	4.1
January to March
Opened	2,900	4.0	600	4.6	500	5.2	2,500	3.5	500	3.3	400	4.0
Closed	2,800	3.8	300	2.6	400	3.7	4,100	5.7	400	3.0	600	5.2
Total
Opened	11,900	16.6	2,300	17.3	2,300	21.6	11,200	16.1	2,200	15.9	2,100	19.7
Closed	10,500	14.7	1,300	10.1	1,500	14.6	12,900	18.5	1,500	10.8	2,000	18.7

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