Lyn Brown
PPS (Mr Phil Woolas, Minister of State), Department for Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
(1) what percentage of school age children access formal child care (a) in each region, including London, and (b) in West Ham constituency;
(2) what percentage of pre-school age children access formal child care (a) in each region, including London, and (b) in West Ham constituency;
(3) what the percentage take-up of formal child care by lower income working families, as defined by his Department and the Department for Work and Pensions public service agreement, is (a) in each region, including London, and (b) in West Ham constituency;
(4) by what percentage take-up of formal child care has changed among (a) lone parents and (b) working couples (i) in each region, including London, and (ii) in West Ham constituency since 2001.
Beverley Hughes
Minister of State (Children, Young People and Families), Department for Education and Skills, Minister of State (Education and Skills) (Children, Young People and Families)
The information requested at regional level is detailed as follows. However, the sample size of the Department's survey(1) on parents' data used to produce the figures is not large enough to enable analysis at constituency level.
(1 )DfES Survey Childcare Early Years provision: A Study of parents' Use, Views and Experiences 2004-05.
| Percentage of school age children who used a formal child care provider in the last week by Government office region | |
| Percentage | |
| East Midlands | 19 |
| East of England | 21 |
| London | 19 |
| North East | 16 |
| North West | 17 |
| South East | 21 |
| South West | 20 |
| West Midlands | 18 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 17 |
| Notes: 1. Rounded to the nearest percentage point. 2. These figures should be treated with care as some rely on relatively small sample sizes. 3. Lower income working families are defined as those on an annual family income of under £20,000. | |
| Percentage of pre-school age children who used a formal child care provider in the last week by Government office region | |
| Percentage | |
| East Midlands | 65 |
| East of England | 56 |
| London | 49 |
| North East | 56 |
| North West | 56 |
| South East | 58 |
| South West | 58 |
| West Midlands | 57 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 57 |
| Notes: 1. Rounded to the nearest percentage point 2. These figures should be treated with care as some rely on relatively small sample sizes. 3. Lower income working families are defined as those on an annual family income of under £20,000. | |
| Percentage take-up of formal child care, in the last week, by lower income working families by Government office region | |
| Percentage | |
| East Midlands | 29 |
| East of England | 27 |
| London | 24 |
| North East | 24 |
| North West | 23 |
| South East | 28 |
| South West | 27 |
| West Midlands | 26 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 25 |
| Notes: 1. Rounded to the nearest percentage point. 2. These figures should be treated with care as some rely on relatively small sample sizes. 3. Lower income working families are defined as those on an annual family income of under £20,000. | |
| Percentage change in the proportion of children in lone parent families who used formal child care in the last week by Government office region | |||
| 2001 (percentage) | 2004 (percentage) | Percentage change | |
| East Midlands | 27 | 24 | -10 |
| East of England | 19 | 28 | 46 |
| London | 24 | 26 | 9 |
| North East | 23 | 21 | -5 |
| North West | 24 | 28 | 18 |
| South East | 20 | 27 | 38 |
| South West | 21 | 26 | 26 |
| West Midlands | 21 | 29 | 40 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 21 | 29 | 40 |
| Notes: 1. Rounded to the nearest percentage point. 2. These figures should be treated with care as some rely on relatively small sample sizes includes both working and non working lone parent families. 3. Lower income working families are defined as those on an annual family income of under £20,000. | |||
| Percentage change in the proportion of children in working couple families who used formal child care in the last week by Government office region | |||
| 2001 (percentage) | 2004 (percentage) | Percentage change | |
| East Midlands | 29 | 36 | 24 |
| East of England | 25 | 32 | 28 |
| London | 28 | 33 | 19 |
| North East | 24 | 30 | 28 |
| North West | 23 | 30 | 30 |
| South East | 28 | 33 | 20 |
| South West | 26 | 35 | 35 |
| West Midlands | 28 | 31 | 11 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 27 | 29 | 6 |
| Notes: 1. Rounded to the nearest percentage point. 2. These figures should be treated with care as some rely on relatively small sample sizes. 3. Lower income working families are defined as those on an annual family income of under £20,000. | |||
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