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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 ceased operating permanently in each quarter of the last five years. [250970]

Beverley Hughes: The available information is shown in the tables.

Number and percentage of child care providers that have opened and closed( 1) , p osition as at each quarter , England
		2003/04
		Childminders		Full day care		Out of school day care( 2)
		Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
April to June	Opened	4,300	6.3	500	5.2	500	6.0
	Closed	2,500	3.6	200	2.0	200	2.7
July to September	Opened	4,000	5.7	700	7.1	800	9.7
	Closed	3,800	5.5	300	2.7	400	4.5
October to December	Opened	4,000	5.7	500	4.9	500	6.0
	Closed	2,200	3.1	200	2.1	200	2.0
January to March	Opened	4,000	5.5	800	7.4	600	6.4
	Closed	3,600	5.0	400	3.7	400	4.8
Total	Opened	16,300	22.5	2,500	22.6	2,400	25.9
	Closed	12,100	16.7	1,100	9.7	1,200	13.0

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		200 4 /05
		Childminders		Full day care		Out of school day care( 2)
		Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
April to June	Opened	3,300	4.5	800	7.5	600	6.2
	Closed	3,000	4.1	300	2.9	400	4.3
July to September	Opened	3,600	5.0	900	7.5	900	10.1
	Closed	4,400	6.1	500	4.7	600	6.6
October to December	Opened	3,000	4.1	600	4.7	500	5.6
	Closed	3,800	5.3	500	3.9	600	6.0
January to March	Opened	3,200	4.6	600	4.8	600	6.0
	Closed	4,000	5.7	400	3.6	600	6.1
Total	Opened	13,100	18.6	2,800	23.3	2,600	27.3
	Closed	15,300	21.8	1,800	14.5	2,200	22.6

		2005/0 6
		Childminders		Full day care		Out of school day care( 2)
		Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
April to June	Opened	3,200	4.7	500	4.4	500	5.3
	Closed	2,500	3.6	300	1.7	300	2.5
July to September	Opened	3,100	4.4	700	5.3	800	7.8
	Closed	3,000	3.8	400	3.6	500	5.2
October to December	Opened	2,700	3.8	500	4.1	500	4.5
	Closed	2,300	3.2	300	2.3	300	3.3
January to March	Opened	2,900	4.0	600	4.6	500	5.2
	Closed	2,800	3.8	300	2.6	400	3.7
Total	Opened	11,900	16.6	2,300	17.3	2,300	21.6
	Closed	10,500	14.7	1,300	10.1	1,500	14.6

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