At the end of March there were 107,600 providers offering 1,537,800 places, an increase of 15,300 since December.
In the past three months, the number of full daycare places has grown by 200 to 322,200 and the number of childminders by 100 to 71,600. The most noticeable increase was in full daycare providers.
The figures for full daycare cover day nurseries, children's centres and family centres, but there is no breakdown available to show in which areas the increases are occurring.
However, according to the DfES the five local authorities planning the highest number of children's centres are Durham, Lancashire, Manchester, Birmingham and Tower Hamlets.
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