There were 1,553,100 childcare places available at the end of June. Thisfigure includes childminders, full daycare, sessional care,out-of-school clubs and creches.
Despite the rise in places, the number of registered childcare providersfell by 4,016 over the same time period, due to a large drop inchildminders but a rise in full daycare settings with more places.
The number of childminders fell from 68,348 in June last year to64,300.
The number of sessional providers also fell from 8,931 to 8,400.
However, full daycare provision rose by 504 providers to 14,400, aand itis likely that more sessional care providers are now opening for longerhours to offer full daycare.
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