Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching staff in registered nurseries there are by gender in each region.

The department collects information on the overall size of the workforce through its regular Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers, which can be accessed at the following address: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-provider-survey/2024. The latest data from this survey was published in December 2024 and showed the total number of paid childcare staff was 368,100 in 2024. Of these, 277,900 are group-based provider staff and 59,800 are school-based provider staff.

The survey shows that the vast majority of paid childcare staff are female, making up 98% of paid group-based provider staff, and 97% of paid school-based provider staff.

Additionally, Table 4 - 2 in the following link: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-provider-survey/2024, shows the total number of paid staff by region, but does not break down by gender and region.