Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints of each type her Department (a) received and (b) upheld against childcare providers in (i) England and Wales, (ii) London and (iii) each London borough in each year since 2010.

Ofsted, as the regulator for childcare providers in England, is responsible for considering and responding to complaints about them and Her Majesty's Chief Inspector will be writing to the hon. Member about this. A copy of that letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Responsibility for childcare in Wales is a devolved matter and it would be for the Welsh Government and Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales to respond. Their contact address is Care and Social Services Inspectorate National Office, Welsh Government office, Rhydycar Business Park, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1UZ or cssiw@wales.gsi.gov.uk.