Page 1968 - Week 05 - Thursday, 6 May 2010

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(1) How many (a) long and (b) family day care positions are there in (i) Belconnen, (ii) Gungahlin, (iii) North Canberra, (iv) South Canberra, (v) Weston Creek, (vi) Woden and (vii) Tuggeranong.

(2) How many of the positions referred to in part (1), in each area, are vacant as of 24 February 2010;

(3) How many of the positions referred to in part (1), in each area, are provided by (a) non-profit community-based and (b) for-profit organisations.

(4) How many non-profit childcare centres in the ACT are run by parent management committees and in which suburbs are these centres.

(5) What communication strategy is being used to ensure that centres are prepared for regulation changes that will take place in 2012.

(6) How many childcare centres in the ACT already have a ratio of one staff member for every four children under the age of two and how many have a ratio of one staff member to every five children.

(7) How many visits to community-based childcare centres did the Minister make between November 2009 and 24 February 2010 and when were those visits.

Ms Burch: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

1.

a. Long day care places –

(i) Belconnen, 1291 places;

(ii) Gungahlin, 681 places;

(iii) North Canberra, 1460 places;

(iv) South Canberra, 1716 places;

(v) Weston Creek, 241 places;

(vi) Woden, 664 places; and

(vii) Tuggeranong, 1226 places.

b. There are five family day care schemes in the ACT that offer approximately 1126 full time effective child care places. There are no regional boundaries that limit which scheme carers can register with. The Department does not have data about how many places are available in each region.

2. I do not have data on the vacancies in individual centres. Vacancy information is available on the mychild website.

3.

a. Non Profit Community Based services –

i) Belconnen, 1056 places;

ii) Gungahlin, 276 places;

iii) North Canberra, 789 places;

iv) South Canberra, 683 places;

v) Weston Creek, 241 places;

vi) Woden, 331 places; and

vii) Tuggeranong, 818 places.

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