Pre-school and Childcare Statistics 2007

Table 2: Total number of centres and childminders by main service type and local authority, January 2007

	Childminder	Nursery	Playgroup	Out of school club	Breakfast club	Creche	Children/ family centre	Sitter service	Holiday play scheme	No single main service	Unknown	Centre closed or not operating	Total
	Main service
Number
SCOTLAND	6,020	2,412	574	774	0	168	132	20	88	86	61	142	10,477
Local Authority
Aberdeen City	210	111	21	37	0	17	6	0	4	7	3	2	418
Aberdeenshire	410	123	84	37	0	9	5	2	2	4	2	5	683
Angus	190	66	26	21	0	2	1	0	5	0	1	2	314
Argyll & Bute	110	62	10	7	0	6	3	0	2	4	3	3	210
Clackmannanshire	60	19	3	8	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	95
Dumfries & Galloway	140	63	23	6	0	3	3	1	2	7	1	3	252
Dundee City	150	58	2	17	0	2	5	2	2	2	2	4	246
East Ayrshire	200	39	8	16	0	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	276
East Dunbartonshire	140	38	12	20	0	1	2	0	2	3	0	1	219
East Lothian	130	47	17	20	0	2	2	0	4	1	1	1	225
East Renfrewshire	150	20	11	18	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	6	211
Edinburgh City	380	230	45	77	0	23	21	4	12	3	7	8	810
Eilean Siar	40	6	27	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	78
Falkirk	220	63	13	20	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	322
Fife	530	142	41	77	0	10	4	0	6	2	4	9	825
Glasgow City	200	228	15	88	0	31	22	3	5	11	10	35	648
Highland	440	186	50	26	0	4	5	1	4	3	0	15	734
Inverclyde	90	33	5	11	0	1	5	0	2	3	1	1	152
Midlothian	90	40	9	16	0	1	6	0	1	1	3	3	170
Moray	150	42	25	4	0	2	0	0	2	4	1	2	232
North Ayrshire	180	70	4	19	0	4	1	1	5	1	0	7	292
North Lanarkshire	300	127	9	40	0	9	1	1	4	0	3	2	496
Orkney Islands	40	21	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	71
Perth & Kinross	230	80	26	26	0	3	1	0	5	5	2	3	381
Renfrewshire	120	73	4	36	0	4	8	1	3	2	4	3	258
Scottish Borders	170	71	18	25	0	1	6	0	1	1	1	0	294
Shetland Islands	40	24	5	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	78
South Ayrshire	160	47	6	16	0	3	1	0	4	1	3	8	249
South Lanarkshire	280	125	14	26	0	12	3	0	3	11	2	9	485
Stirling	150	45	12	14	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	228
West Dunbartonshire	60	32	0	14	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	118
West Lothian	270	81	29	25	0	2	3	0	2	3	0	2	417
*Percentage of all services*
SCOTLAND	*57.5*	*23.0*	*5.5*	*7.4*	*0.0*	*1.6*	*1.3*	*0.2*	*0.8*	*0.8*	*0.6*	*1.4*	*100.0*
Local Authority
Aberdeen City	50.2	26.6	5.0	8.9	0.0	4.1	1.4	0.0	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.5	*100.0*
Aberdeenshire	60.0	18.0	12.3	5.4	0.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.7	*100.0*
Angus	60.5	21.0	8.3	6.7	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.3	0.6	*100.0*
Argyll & Bute	52.4	29.5	4.8	3.3	0.0	2.9	1.4	0.0	1.0	1.9	1.4	1.4	*100.0*
Clackmannanshire	63.2	20.0	3.2	8.4	0.0	0.0	3.2	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.1	0.0	*100.0*
Dumfries & Galloway	55.6	25.0	9.1	2.4	0.0	1.2	1.2	0.4	0.8	2.8	0.4	1.2	*100.0*
Dundee City	61.0	23.6	0.8	6.9	0.0	0.8	2.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.6	*100.0*
East Ayrshire	72.5	14.1	2.9	5.8	0.0	1.8	1.1	1.1	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	*100.0*
East Dunbartonshire	63.9	17.4	5.5	9.1	0.0	0.5	0.9	0.0	0.9	1.4	0.0	0.5	*100.0*
East Lothian	57.8	20.9	7.6	8.9	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.0	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.4	*100.0*
East Renfrewshire	71.1	9.5	5.2	8.5	0.0	0.5	0.9	0.0	0.9	0.5	0.0	2.8	*100.0*
Edinburgh City	46.9	28.4	5.6	9.5	0.0	2.8	2.6	0.5	1.5	0.4	0.9	1.0	*100.0*
Eilean Siar	51.3	7.7	34.6	1.3	0.0	1.3	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	*100.0*
Falkirk	68.3	19.6	4.0	6.2	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	*100.0*
Fife	64.2	17.2	5.0	9.3	0.0	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.5	1.1	*100.0*
Glasgow City	30.9	35.2	2.3	13.6	0.0	4.8	3.4	0.5	0.8	1.7	1.5	5.4	*100.0*
Highland	59.9	25.3	6.8	3.5	0.0	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.4	0.0	2.0	*100.0*
Inverclyde	59.2	21.7	3.3	7.2	0.0	0.7	3.3	0.0	1.3	2.0	0.7	0.7	*100.0*
Midlothian	52.9	23.5	5.3	9.4	0.0	0.6	3.5	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.8	1.8	*100.0*
Moray	64.7	18.1	10.8	1.7	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.7	0.4	0.9	*100.0*
North Ayrshire	61.6	24.0	1.4	6.5	0.0	1.4	0.3	0.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	2.4	*100.0*
North Lanarkshire	60.5	25.6	1.8	8.1	0.0	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.6	0.4	*100.0*
Orkney Islands	56.3	29.6	0.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	5.6	2.8	*100.0*
Perth & Kinross	60.4	21.0	6.8	6.8	0.0	0.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.8	*100.0*
Renfrewshire	46.5	28.3	1.6	14.0	0.0	1.6	3.1	0.4	1.2	0.8	1.6	1.2	*100.0*
Scottish Borders	57.8	24.1	6.1	8.5	0.0	0.3	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	*100.0*
Shetland Islands	51.3	30.8	6.4	3.8	0.0	2.6	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	*100.0*
South Ayrshire	64.3	18.9	2.4	6.4	0.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.6	0.4	1.2	3.2	*100.0*
South Lanarkshire	57.7	25.8	2.9	5.4	0.0	2.5	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.3	0.4	1.9	*100.0*
Stirling	65.8	19.7	5.3	6.1	0.0	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.9	*100.0*
West Dunbartonshire	50.8	27.1	0.0	11.9	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	0.8	*100.0*
West Lothian	64.7	19.4	7.0	6.0	0.0	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.5	*100.0*

	Childminder	Nursery	Playgroup	Out of school club	Breakfast club	Creche	Children/ family centre	Sitter service	Holiday play scheme	No single main service	Unknown	Centre closed or not operating	Total	Percentage of all under 16s in Scotland
	Main service												Total	Percentage of all under 16s in Scotland
*Percentage in local authority*
SCOTLAND	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*N/A*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*
Local Authority
Aberdeen City	3.5	4.6	3.7	4.8	N/A	10.1	4.5	0.0	4.5	8.1	4.9	1.4	*4.0*	*3.5*
Aberdeenshire	6.8	5.1	14.6	4.8	N/A	5.4	3.8	10.0	2.3	4.7	3.3	3.5	*6.5*	*5.0*
Angus	3.2	2.7	4.5	2.7	N/A	1.2	0.8	0.0	5.7	0.0	1.6	1.4	*3.0*	*2.2*
Argyll & Bute	1.8	2.6	1.7	0.9	N/A	3.6	2.3	0.0	2.3	4.7	4.9	2.1	*2.0*	*1.7*
Clackmannanshire	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.0	N/A	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.6	0.0	*0.9*	*1.0*
Dumfries & Galloway	2.3	2.6	4.0	0.8	N/A	1.8	2.3	5.0	2.3	8.1	1.6	2.1	*2.4*	*2.8*
Dundee City	2.5	2.4	0.3	2.2	N/A	1.2	3.8	10.0	2.3	2.3	3.3	2.8	*2.3*	*2.6*
East Ayrshire	3.3	1.6	1.4	2.1	N/A	3.0	2.3	15.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	*2.6*	*2.4*
East Dunbartonshire	2.3	1.6	2.1	2.6	N/A	0.6	1.5	0.0	2.3	3.5	0.0	0.7	*2.1*	*2.2*
East Lothian	2.2	1.9	3.0	2.6	N/A	1.2	1.5	0.0	4.5	1.2	1.6	0.7	*2.1*	*2.0*
East Renfrewshire	2.5	0.8	1.9	2.3	N/A	0.6	1.5	0.0	2.3	1.2	0.0	4.2	*2.0*	*2.0*
Edinburgh City	6.3	9.5	7.8	9.9	N/A	13.7	15.9	20.0	13.6	3.5	11.5	5.6	*7.7*	*7.6*
Eilean Siar	0.7	0.2	4.7	0.1	N/A	0.6	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	*0.7*	*0.5*
Falkirk	3.7	2.6	2.3	2.6	N/A	1.8	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	*3.1*	*3.1*
Fife	8.8	5.9	7.1	9.9	N/A	6.0	3.0	0.0	6.8	2.3	6.6	6.3	*7.9*	*7.1*
Glasgow City	3.3	9.5	2.6	11.4	N/A	18.5	16.7	15.0	5.7	12.8	16.4	24.6	*6.2*	*10.6*
Highland	7.3	7.7	8.7	3.4	N/A	2.4	3.8	5.0	4.5	3.5	0.0	10.6	*7.0*	*4.3*
Inverclyde	1.5	1.4	0.9	1.4	N/A	0.6	3.8	0.0	2.3	3.5	1.6	0.7	*1.5*	*1.6*
Midlothian	1.5	1.7	1.6	2.1	N/A	0.6	4.5	0.0	1.1	1.2	4.9	2.1	*1.6*	*1.7*
Moray	2.5	1.7	4.4	0.5	N/A	1.2	0.0	0.0	2.3	4.7	1.6	1.4	*2.2*	*1.7*
North Ayrshire	3.0	2.9	0.7	2.5	N/A	2.4	0.8	5.0	5.7	1.2	0.0	4.9	*2.8*	*2.7*
North Lanarkshire	5.0	5.3	1.6	5.2	N/A	5.4	0.8	5.0	4.5	0.0	4.9	1.4	*4.7*	*6.9*
Orkney Islands	0.7	0.9	0.0	0.4	N/A	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	6.6	1.4	*0.7*	*0.4*
Perth & Kinross	3.8	3.3	4.5	3.4	N/A	1.8	0.8	0.0	5.7	5.8	3.3	2.1	*3.6*	*2.7*
Renfrewshire	2.0	3.0	0.7	4.7	N/A	2.4	6.1	5.0	3.4	2.3	6.6	2.1	*2.5*	*3.4*
Scottish Borders	2.8	2.9	3.1	3.2	N/A	0.6	4.5	0.0	1.1	1.2	1.6	0.0	*2.8*	*2.2*
Shetland Islands	0.7	1.0	0.9	0.4	N/A	1.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	*0.7*	*0.5*
South Ayrshire	2.7	1.9	1.0	2.1	N/A	1.8	0.8	0.0	4.5	1.2	4.9	5.6	*2.4*	*2.0*
South Lanarkshire	4.7	5.2	2.4	3.4	N/A	7.1	2.3	0.0	3.4	12.8	3.3	6.3	*4.6*	*6.3*
Stirling	2.5	1.9	2.1	1.8	N/A	1.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	2.3	0.0	1.4	*2.2*	*1.8*
West Dunbartonshire	1.0	1.3	0.0	1.8	N/A	1.2	1.5	5.0	2.3	2.3	3.3	0.7	*1.1*	*1.8*
West Lothian	4.5	3.4	5.1	3.2	N/A	1.2	2.3	0.0	2.3	3.5	0.0	1.4	*4.0*	*3.7*

Note: Childminder figures by local authority for the first week of February 2007 were provided by the Care Commission, and include the eight per cent of childminders who responded to the survey saying that they were inactive. Childminder figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and so totals may not equal the sum of their parts.

Where possible, where centres did not supply information on the main service provided, information provided in 2006 has been used.

Page updated: Wednesday, September 26, 2007

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