AQW 7472/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of new childminders that have registered; and (ii) the number of childminders that have left the profession, in the last 12 months, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
Asked by Kate Nicholl MLA on 26 February 2024
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 26 February 2024
- Answer due by
- 12 March 2024
- Answered
- 15 March 202418 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
A total of 109 childminders registered with Health and Social Care Trusts in the last 12 months, while a total of 225 left the register. A breakdown of these numbers by Health and Social Care Trust is provided in the table below.
Table 1. Number i) new childminders that have registered, and ii) childminders that have left the profession, between 28th Feb 2023 - 27th Feb 2024, by HSC Trust
| HSC Trust | (i) The number of new childminders that have registered in the past 12 months | (ii) The number of childminders that have left the profession in the past 12 months |
| Belfast | 1 | 22 |
| Northern | 43 | 66 |
| South Eastern | 23 | 51 |
| Southern | 17 | 57 |
| Western | 25 | 29 |
Source: HSC Trusts