Figures for children's daycare facilities up to 31 March 2001, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), show there are now 14,000 playgroups and pre-schools in England - down from a peak of 18,000 in 1991 - and the number of places they provide fell between 2000 and 2001 by 22,900 to 330,200. But the number of day nurseries has risen by 300 to 7,800 in 2001 from 7,500 in 2000.
The figures also show a four per cent drop in the number of registered childminders between 2000 and 2001 to 72,300, and a five per cent fall in the number of places they provide to 304,600.
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