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Childcare

Answer

The table below provides the number of part time equivalent funded early education places, in Lancashire, from 2005 to 2014:

	Part time equivalent number of funded early education places filled by 2-year-olds	Part time equivalent number of funded early education places filled by 3- and 4-year-olds
2005	-	22,300
2006	-	22,500
2007	-	22,600
2008	-	23,300
2009	-	23,800
2010	-	25,000
2011	-	25,200
2012	-	26,200
2013	-	26,700
2014	1,400	26,800

Source: Early Years Census (EYC), School Census (SC), and School Level Annual School Census (SLASC). Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.

Prior to 2010, the number of part-time places filled was derived by counting children taking up: 12.5 hours per week as one place; 10 hours per week as 0.8 places; 7.5 hours per week as 0.6 places; 5 hours per week as 0.4 places; and 2.5 hours per week as 0.2 places. A child taking up a place at a maintained nursery or primary school was counted as one part-time funded place. Since 2011, a part-time equivalent place has been equivalent to 15 hours. The part time equivalent places filled is derived from the number of funded places filled according to the amount of free entitlement a child receives. A child who holds a place at a maintained nursery or primary school is counted as one part time equivalent funded place.

The latest statistics can be found online at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provision-for-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2014

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

228061

Session

2014-15

Subjects

Childcare Lancashire

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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