Quarterly data show there were 106,500 providers offering 1,509,600 places at the end of September.
There are now 12,600 full day care providers - an increase of 200 since figures were last published in June. This has increased the number of full day care places by 10,400 and continues a trend which has seen places for all-day care rise steadily since 2003.
The number of childminders has also risen to 71,100 but is still down from 71,900 this time last year.
Out-of-school providers have also recorded an increase of 200 to 10,200, while the number of creches remains steady at 2,600 settings.
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