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| Table 2: Sex of childminders in the north west | ||||
| Male childminders | Female childminders | |||
| Proportion of childminders( 1) | Number of male childminders( 2) | Proportion of childminders( 1) | Number of female childminders( 2) | |
| (1 )Proportions may not sum to 100 per cent. due to rounding. (2 )All numbers provided have been rounded. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100 if they are greater than 1,000, to the nearest 50 if the number is 100 to 999 and to the nearest 10 if the number is below 100. (3) As this survey is based on a sample of providers in England, when the sample is broken down by region the number of childminders interviewed in each region is relatively small. Therefore, this does not mean that there were no male childminders in the north west in 2007, only that no male childminders were selected in the sample of providers within the north west region for the 2007 survey. | ||||
Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what proportion of local authorities have a childminding network; [289325]
(2) how many and what proportion of childminders are part of a local authority childminding network. [289326]
Dawn Primarolo: In January 2009, there were 72 (48 per cent.) out of 150 local authorities with at least one childminding network which received Government funding to deliver the free entitlement. The DCSF only receives information on the number of childminding networks which receive funding to deliver the free entitlement. Other childminding networks may exist but the Department has no information on these as they do not deliver the free entitlement.
Information on the number of childminders that are part of a local authority childminding network is not collected centrally.
Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of childcare staff in nurseries had an appropriate (a) level 3 or higher and (b) level 5 or higher qualification in each of the last five years. [289795]
Mr. Coaker: The Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey collects information on staff qualifications that are relevant to working with children and young people. Data on the number and proportion of paid staff in maintained nursery schools holding (a) at least a level 3 and (b) at least a level 5 qualification are shown in the following table. 2007 is the most recent year for which this information is available. Data on the number of nursery staff by qualification level in 2003 are not available.
Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the average number of hours worked per week by (a) childcarers in maintained settings, (b) childcarers in private, voluntary and independent nurseries and (c) childminders in each year since 2003. [289798]
Mr. Coaker: The Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey estimated that staff working in full day care in Children's Centres worked an average (mean) of 34 hours a week in 2007, compared with an average of 18 hours a week for staff in sessional settings. Data for all child care and early years' providers for each year available are shown in the following table.
| Average number of hours worked per week by staff in child care and early years provision in maintained schools | ||||
| 2003 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Notes: 1. Children's centres were included in the survey for the first time in 2006, therefore data are not available for previous years. 2. After school and holiday clubs were sampled differently in 2005 and comparable figures for this year are not available. 3. Early years settings in maintained schools were not included in the 2005 survey. | ||||
In 2007 full day care staff in privately owned settings worked an average of 35 hours a week, compared with 27 hours for full day care staff in settings under voluntary ownership. 2007 data for all child care providers available are shown in the following table.
| Average number of hours worked per week by child care staff, by ownership of setting, 2007 | |||||
| Private | Voluntary | Local authority | School/college | Other | |
| Note: Data for other providers are not available by type of ownership. | |||||
In 2006 full day care staff in privately owned settings worked an average of 35 hours a week, compared with 26 hours for full day care staff in settings under voluntary ownership. 2006 data for all child care providers available are shown in the following table.
| Average number of hours worked per week by staff in child care providers, by ownership of setting, 2006 | |||||
| Private | Voluntary | Local authority | School/college | Other | |
| Note: Data for other providers are not available by type of ownership. | |||||
Data prior to 2006 are not available for the average number of hours worked per week by staff in child care providers, by ownership of setting. The Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey collects information on the average(mean) number of hours per week that childminders accept children for during term time and during school holidays (i.e. the time open for, but the childminder may not necessarily actually be working the whole time). This information comes closest to representing what a typical weekly shift is for a childminder. Data for each year available are shown in the following table.
| Average number of hours per week that children are accepted by a childminder | ||
| Term time | School holidays | |
Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of childminders have been deregistered for each reason for deregistration in each year since 2003. [289800]
Dawn Primarolo: These are matters for Ofsted. The Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and copies of her replies have been placed in the Libraries.
Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 1 September 2009:
Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for response.
Table A shows figures for the number of childminders who have resigned or had their registrations cancelled. Figures showing cancelled and resigned childminders are retrieved from a snapshot of the Ofsted database at the end of each financial year: 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2008-09. Figures showing the total number of childminders are taken from a snapshot of the Ofsted database at the start of each financial year.
Although Ofsted records reasons for cancellation and resignation on an individual basis, the information is not collated under categories, so it is not possible to produce aggregated data from it.
A copy of this reply has been sent to Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP, Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families, and will be placed in the library of both Houses.
| Table A: Numbers and proportions of childminders deregistered in each financial year since 2003/04 | |||||||
| Childminders | |||||||
| Cancelled | Resigned | Total cancelled or resigned | |||||
| Financial year | Number of childminders at the beginning of the financial year | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
| Note: Percentages in the total column may not equal the sum of the other columns, because the figures are rounded. | |||||||
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