Current status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many childminders are currently registered and how many childminders were registered in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01.
Information on the number of childminders registered in 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 was collected by each local authority and was not held centrally. From 1 April 2002, the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care has had responsibility for registering childminders. Information on the number of childminders currently registered is a matter for the Care Commission.