Financial Sustainability Health Check of the Childcare Sector in Scotland: Analysis and Evidence

Section 1: Recent Trends in the Childcare Sector

Care Inspectorate Registration Data

9. This section presents analysis of Care Inspectorate registration data of childcare services to provide an overview of trends across the sector. Detailed information on all registered services is available from the Care Inspectorate datastore.

10. The analysis covers the period from 31 March 2018 to 31 March 2023. This was the most recent monthly data available at the time of preparing this report.

11. The analysis sets out the broad trends in registrations across the sector by different types of providers, and then explores how the structure of the childcare sector has changed over the period 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2023. In particular, this allows for analysis of changes since the start of the pandemic impacts in March 2020.

12. Changes in the overall number of registrations in the sector reflect the net effect of: (1) newly registered services that are now operating; and (2) services that have cancelled their registration with the Care Inspectorate and are now no longer operating.

13. As with other sectors of the economy the childcare sector – which operates as a mixed economy model with services delivered by public, private and third sector services, including childminders (and for those services delivering funded Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) they will receive income from both public and private sources) – experiences continued changes in the number of services operating, with new providers entering, and other providers leaving the sector throughout the year.

14. In addition to the general trends in registrations and cancellations, this section sets out details on changes by size and type of provider and explores changes in services across local authority areas.

Summary of the Analysis

Change in Registered Services

15. Table 1.1 shows the number of registered childcare services on 31 March in each year over the period 2018 to 2023. The one exception is for 2021 data, which captures the number of registered services on 22 March 2021. Registered childcare services fall under the following broad care service classifications: Day Care of Children Services; and Childminding Services. Day care of children services are disaggregated into service types (reflecting the type of provider operating the service) using the following Care Inspectorate registration classifications:

• Health Board
• Local Authority
• Private; and
• Voluntary and not-for-profit (we refer to these services as 'Third Sector Services' in the analysis).

16. Table 1.2 presents the annual changes in the number of services for each category, in the period to March each year. Table 1.3 shows the annual percentage change in each service type in the period to March each year.

17. Tables 1.1 to 1.3 highlight that:

• The highest rates of decline have been for registered childminding services which have decreased in each year over the period from March 2018 to March 2023, with a decline of 9.9% in the total number of childminding services in each of the two most recent years (the years to March 2022 and March 2023);
• There have been year on year decreases in the number of registered third sector services, with the rate of decline increasing to 6.0% between 2020 and 2021. The rate of decline has remained at similar levels in 2022 and 2023; and
• There have been small declines in the number of registered private sector childcare services in each year since March 2018, with a slight increase in the rate of decline since the year to March 2021.

Table 1.1: Number of registered childcare services, March 2018 to March 2023

Type of service	March 2018	March 2019	March 2020	March 2021	March 2022	March 2023
Health Board	3	3	3	3	3	3
Local Authority	1,719	1,719	1,743	1,761	1,781	1,785
Private sector	1,093	1,083	1,077	1,057	1,046	1,028
Third Sector	839	820	810	761	723	684
Total Day care of children services	3,654	3,625	3,633	3,582	3,553	3,500
Childminding Services	5,333	4,972	4,656	4,263	3,841	3,462

Source: Care Inspectorate Datastore

Table 1.2: Annual change in number of registered childcare services, March 2018 to March 2023

Type of service	Change 2018 to 2019	Change 2019 to 2020	Change 2020 to 2021	Change 2021 to 2022	Change 2022 to 2023
Health Board	0	0	0	0	0
Local Authority	0	24	18	20	4
Private sector	-10	-6	-20	-11	-18
Third Sector	-19	-10	-49	-38	-39
Total Day care of children services	-29	8	-51	-29	-53
Childminding Services	-361	-316	-393	-422	-379

Source: Care Inspectorate Datastore

Table 1.3: Annual percentage change in the number of registered childcare services, March 2018 to March 2023

Type of service	Change 2018 to 2019	Change 2019 to 2020	Change 2020 to 2021	Change 2021 to 2022	Change 2022 to 2023
Health Board	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Local Authority	0.0%	1.4%	1.0%	1.1%	0.2%
Private sector	-0.9%	-0.6%	-1.9%	-1.0%	-1.7%
Third Sector	-2.3%	-1.2%	-6.0%	-5.0%	-5.4%
Total Day care of children services	-0.8%	0.2%	-1.4%	-0.8%	-1.5%
Childminding Services	-6.8%	-6.4%	-8.4%	-9.9%	-9.9%

Source: Care Inspectorate Datastore

Registered Capacity in the Sector

18. In addition to changes in the numbers of registered services in the sector, we can also measure changes in registered places (capacity) across different types of services. Changes in registered places may vary from reported changes in the number of services. For example, existing services may increase their capacity, and/or average capacity across new services entering the sector may be higher/lower than that of services leaving the sector. Analysis of these underlying trends is presented later in this section.

19. Table 1.4 shows the number of registered places by type of service. Tables 1.5 and 1.6 set out the annual change in the number of registered places, and the annual percentage change in registered places, respectively. Tables 1.4 to 1.6 highlight that:

• In the year to March 2023, the number of registered places in private sector services has remained relatively unchanged (a very small decline of 0.1%), whilst registered places in third sector services declined by 3.5%.
• Total capacity, in terms of registered places, across the whole childcare sector (and including childminders) is higher in March 2023 compared to March 2018. Total capacity across registered day care of children services has increased in each year over the period from March 2018 to March 2023.

Table 1.4: Number of registered places by type of provider in each year over the period March 2018 to March 2023

Type of service	March 2018	March 2019	March 2020	March 2021	March 2022	March 2023
Health Board	170	170	170	170	170	170
Local Authority	72,389	74,521	78,857	84,550	87,377	88,967
Private sector	61,753	62,599	62,828	62,886	62,608	62,551
Third Sector	31,442	31,501	31,234	30,030	29,309	28,291
Total Day care of children services	165,754	168,791	173,089	177,636	179,464	179,979
Childminding Services	33,007	30,821	28,914	26,513	23,913	21,601
Total (all services)	198,761	199,612	202,003	204,149	203,377	201,580

Source: Care Inspectorate Datastore

Table 1.5: Annual change in number of registered childcare services, March 2018 to March 2023

Type of service	Change 2018 to 2019	Change 2019 to 2020	Change 2020 to 2021	Change 2021 to 2022	Change 2022 to 2023
Health Board	0	0	0	0	0
Local Authority	2,132	4,336	5,693	2,827	1,590
Private sector	846	229	58	-278	-57
Third Sector	59	-267	-1,204	-721	-1,018
Total Day care of children services	3,037	4,298	4,547	1,828	515
Childminding Services	-2,186	-1,907	-2,401	-2,600	-2,312
Total (all services)	851	2,391	2,146	-772	-1,797

Source: Care Inspectorate Datastore

Table 1.6: Annual percentage change in the number of registered places, March 2018 to March 2023

Type of service	Change 2018 to 2019	Change 2019 to 2020	Change 2020 to 2021	Change 2021 to 2022	Change 2022 to 2023
Health Board	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Local Authority	2.9%	5.8%	7.2%	3.3%	1.8%
Private sector	1.4%	0.4%	0.1%	-0.4%	-0.1%
Third Sector	0.2%	-0.8%	-3.9%	-2.4%	-3.5%
Total Day care of children services	1.8%	2.5%	2.6%	1.0%	0.3%
Childminding Services	-6.6%	-6.2%	-8.3%	-9.8%	-9.7%
Total (all services)	0.4%	1.2%	1.1%	-0.4%	-0.9%

Source: Care Inspectorate Datastore

Summary of changes since the start of the Pandemic

20. In March 2020 restrictions were introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This included a number of restrictions on the operation of childcare providers in Scotland, which are detailed in the previous Financial Sustainability Health Check published in August 2021. The data points used in this report allow us to consider changes in the sector in the three year period since the pandemic impacts began to impact on the sector.

21. Table 1.7 provides a summary of the changes in registered services and capacity (registered places) between March 2020 and March 2023. This highlights that:

• Whilst there has been 4.5% decline in the number of private sector services over this period, there has only been a small decline of 0.4% in the overall capacity in private sector day care of children services. As Table 1.7 highlights this reflects the move to larger services within this part of the sector.
• There have been declines in capacity across both third sector and childminding services over the three year period, with a 9.4% fall in capacity across third sector services and 25.3% decline in childminding services.
• Capacity in local authority services increased by 12.8% to enable delivery of 1140 hours (which became a statutory entitlement from August 2021).

Table 1.7: Change in number of registered services and registered places in the period March 2020 to March 2023

Type of service	Number of registered services	Percentage change in registered services	Number of registered places	Percentage change in registered places
Health Board	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Local Authority	42	2.4%	10,110	12.8%
Private sector	-49	-4.5%	-277	-0.4%
Third Sector	-126	-15.6%	-2,943	-9.4%
Total Day care of children services	-133	-3.7%	6,890	4.0%
Childminding Services	-1,194	-25.6%	-7,313	-25.3%
Total (all services)	-1,327	-16.0%	-423	-0.2%

Size of Service

22. The differences between changes in registered services and registered places across different types of providers indicate that there have been changes in the structure of the sector. Table 1.8 sets out the number of registered services by size and type of provider for the period March 2018 to March 2023. Services are grouped into six different size bands based on the number of registered places in the service. Table 1.9 sets out for each type of provider the percentage of services falling within each size band over the period March 2018 to March 2023.

23. Tables 1.8 and 1.9 highlight that:

• Across private, third sector and local authority services there has been a move over the five year period towards a higher proportion of services being accounted for by larger capacity providers (in particular those with 51 or more registered places).
• There has been a continued decline over the five year period in the number of smaller services, in particular those with 25 or less registered places.
• The majority of smaller services are delivered by local authorities, with local authorities delivering 59% of services with a registered capacity of 25 or less (and 81% of services with a registered capacity of 1-10 places).

Table 1.8: Registered services by type of provider and size of setting (in terms of registered places)

Type of service	March 2018	March 2019	March 2020	March 2021	March 2022	March 2023
Health Board	3	3	3	3	3	3
1 to 10	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 to 25	1	1	1	1	1	1
26 to 50	1	1	1	1	1	1
51 to 75	0	0	0	0	0	0
76 to 100	0	0	0	0	0	0
101+	1	1	1	1	1	1
Local Authority	1,719	1,719	1,743	1,761	1,781	1,785
1 to 10	99	99	95	87	85	80
11 to 25	429	417	403	379	372	369
26 to 50	723	697	664	647	635	620
51 to 75	286	304	357	384	401	415
76 to 100	132	140	146	162	178	181
101+	50	62	78	102	110	120
Private sector	1,093	1,083	1,077	1,057	1,046	1,028
1 to 10	1	0	1	1	1	0
11 to 25	124	104	110	95	90	79
26 to 50	449	445	423	413	409	395
51 to 75	293	295	301	296	293	298
76 to 100	137	142	145	151	152	152
101+	89	97	97	101	101	104
Third Sector	839	820	810	761	723	684
1 to 10	27	24	34	27	20	19
11 to 25	295	289	277	258	240	214
26 to 50	358	338	325	298	282	272
51 to 75	100	105	113	119	122	118
76 to 100	44	44	39	38	38	41
101+	15	20	22	21	21	20
Total Day care of children services	3,654	3,625	3,633	3,582	3,553	3,500
1 to 10	127	123	130	115	106	99
11 to 25	849	811	791	733	703	663
26 to 50	1,531	1,481	1,413	1,359	1,327	1,288
51 to 75	679	704	771	799	816	831
76 to 100	313	326	330	351	368	374
101+	155	180	198	225	233	245
Childminding Services	5,333	4,972	4,656	4,263	3,841	3,462
1 to 10	5,283	4,918	4,602	4,207	3,784	3,407
11 to 25	49	53	52	54	55	53
26 to 50	1	1	2	2	2	1
51 to 75	0	0	0	0	0	1
76 to 100	0	0	0	0	0	0
101+	0	0	0	0	0	0

Table 1.9: Split of registered services by type of provider and size of setting (in terms of registered places)

Type of service	March 2018	March 2019	March 2020	March 2021	March 2022	March 2023
Health Board	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
1 to 10	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
11 to 25	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%
26 to 50	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%
51 to 75	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
76 to 100	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
101+	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%
Local Authority	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
1 to 10	5.8%	5.8%	5.5%	4.9%	4.8%	4.5%
11 to 25	25.0%	24.3%	23.1%	21.5%	20.9%	20.7%
26 to 50	42.1%	40.5%	38.1%	36.7%	35.7%	34.7%
51 to 75	16.6%	17.7%	20.5%	21.8%	22.5%	23.2%
76 to 100	7.7%	8.1%	8.4%	9.2%	10.0%	10.1%
101+	2.9%	3.6%	4.5%	5.8%	6.2%	6.7%
Private sector	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
1 to 10	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
11 to 25	11.3%	9.6%	10.2%	9.0%	8.6%	7.7%
26 to 50	41.1%	41.1%	39.3%	39.1%	39.1%	38.4%
51 to 75	26.8%	27.2%	27.9%	28.0%	28.0%	29.0%
76 to 100	12.5%	13.1%	13.5%	14.3%	14.5%	14.8%
101+	8.1%	9.0%	9.0%	9.6%	9.7%	10.1%
Third Sector	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
1 to 10	3.2%	2.9%	4.2%	3.5%	2.8%	2.8%
11 to 25	35.2%	35.2%	34.2%	33.9%	33.2%	31.3%
26 to 50	42.7%	41.2%	40.1%	39.2%	39.0%	39.8%
51 to 75	11.9%	12.8%	14.0%	15.6%	16.9%	17.3%
76 to 100	5.2%	5.4%	4.8%	5.0%	5.3%	6.0%
101+	1.8%	2.4%	2.7%	2.8%	2.9%	2.9%
Total Day care of children services	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
1 to 10	3.5%	3.4%	3.6%	3.2%	3.0%	2.8%
11 to 25	23.2%	22.4%	21.8%	20.5%	19.8%	18.9%
26 to 50	41.9%	40.9%	38.9%	37.9%	37.3%	36.8%
51 to 75	18.6%	19.4%	21.2%	22.3%	23.0%	23.7%
76 to 100	8.6%	9.0%	9.1%	9.8%	10.4%	10.7%
101+	4.2%	5.0%	5.5%	6.3%	6.6%	7.0%
Childminding Services	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
1 to 10	99.1%	98.9%	98.8%	98.7%	98.5%	98.4%
11 to 25	0.9%	1.1%	1.1%	1.3%	1.4%	1.5%
26 to 50	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
51 to 75	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
76 to 100	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
101+	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

New and Cancelled Services

24. Annual changes in registrations reflect the net effect of the number of services entering and leaving the sector. We can monitor these trends using Care Inspectorate registration data. All day care of children services and childminding services must be registered with the Care Inspectorate. When a service ceases to operate the registration for the service with the Care Inspectorate is cancelled.

25. This section explores the recent trends in the cancellations and registrations by type of service to understand what has been driving the overall changes in registrations.

26. The Care Inspectorate provides a list of all cancelled services, which is updated monthly and is available from their online statistics tool (Datastore). Childcare services are grouped into all day care of children services and childminding services in the cancellation data set. In order to explore the trends by different types of day care of children services (local authority, private and third sector) we have matched the cancellations data set with full Care Inspectorate registered services database using registration numbers (each service has a unique CS number). This covers the period March 2018 to March 2023. This has also enabled us to produce analysis by the size of the service.

27. There was one record where the cancellation data could not be matched with the full database and impacts the data for the year to March 2019. Whilst this record can be included in the day care of children total, it is not included in the disaggregated analysis. There are also a small number of services where the registered capacity is listed as zero in the dataset (this can be due to the capacity for the service varying dependent on the amount of space available in the venue, which is likely to be shared with other services). Where a service is listed as zero registered places, we have not included this service in the analysis by size.

28. There are also caveats to highlight regarding the cancellation data. A cancelled registration does not always mean that the service is no longer operating but can reflect a range of factors including changes in: (1) ownership; (2) classification of the business (for example from private to voluntary/not-for-profit); or (3) location/premises.

29. For example, the cancellation (and new registration) numbers for third sector services in the year to March 2020 should be treated with caution, as they reflect a substantial number of services cancelling their registration and then registering due to a change in ownership. We have included an explanation in the notes section under each table to show the impact of adjusting for these cancellations.

30. The analysis is presented for the year to 31 March each year. For example, the cancellation data for March 2023 covers all cancellations in the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

Cancellations by Type of Service

31. Table 1.10 sets out the number of cancelled registrations for each type of service in the year to 31 March for each year in the period 2019 to 2023. An annual cancellation rate has been estimated for each type of service and is set out in Table 1.11. This shows annual cancellations as a percentage of all services as of 31 March in that year (for example, for March 2019 the cancellation rate shows all cancellations in the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 as a percentage of total services as of 31 March 2019).

32. Tables 1.10 and 1.11 highlight that:

• The number of cancellations for all types of services, with the exception of those in the private sector, fell between March 2022 and March 2023.
• Cancellation rates were highest for third sector services and childminding services.
• The cancellation rate for private sector services has remained relatively stable over the period March 2019 to March 2023.
• The cancellation rate for childminding services fell at the start of the pandemic (the year to March 2021) but has been higher in recent years. The underlying monthly data shows that this was due to cancellations in the period January 2021 to July 2021 being substantially below levels in this period in other years (and, in particular, for the January to March period when cancellation levels are typically higher).

Table 1.10: Number of cancelled services in the year to 31 March in each year over the period 2019 to 2023 by type of service

Type of service	March 2019	March 2020	March 2021	March 2022	March 2023
Local Authority	10	12	23	13	10
Private sector	58	70	57	59	64
Third Sector	71	49	57	61	48
Total Day care of children services	140	131	137	133	122
Childminding Services	719	648	564	574	552

Source: Care Inspectorate

Note: (1) For year to March 2020 Third Sector services include 14 services who were cancelled and then re-registered due to change of service provider (ownership).

Table 1.11: Annual cancellation rate by type of provide in the year to 31 March in each year over the period 2019 to 2023

Type of service	March 2019	March 2020	March 2021	March 2022	March 2023
Local Authority	0.6%	0.7%	1.3%	0.7%	0.6%
Private sector	5.4%	6.5%	5.4%	5.6%	6.2%
Third Sector	8.7%	6.0%	7.5%	8.4%	7.0%
Total Day care of children services	3.9%	3.6%	3.8%	3.7%	3.5%
Childminding Services	14.5%	13.9%	13.2%	14.9%	15.9%

Source: Care Inspectorate

Note: (1) For year to March 2020 Third Sector services include 14 services who were cancelled and then re-registered due to change of service provider (ownership). If these services were excluded from the analysis, then total cancellations for third sector services in the year to March 2020 would fall to 35 and the cancellation rate for this type of service would be 4.3%.

Components of Annual Change in Registrations

33. Table 1.12 sets out, for each type of service, the overall annual change in registered services and the annual cancellations and new registrations in the year to March. As the annual change in each year should reflect new registrations minus cancellations, the new registrations figure has been calculated by adding together the total change and cancellation figures.

34. Table 1.12 shows that:

• There has been a substantial drop since the start of the pandemic (March 2020) in the number of new registered third sector and childminding services.
• There was an initial fall in new registrations of private sector services at the start of the pandemic, which has now returned to a similar level as reported in the year to March 2019.
• New registrations of local authority services increased over the period March 2020 to March 2022 as part of the expansion to 1140 hours. It is also expected that some of the local authority cancellations over this period will reflect services being replaced by the new settings.

Table 1.12: Components of annual change in registered services by type of service in year to 31 March for 2019 to 2023

Type of service	March 2019	March 2020	March 2021	March 2022	March 2023
Total Day Care of Children Cancellations	140	131	137	133	122
Total Day Care of Children New Registrations	111	139	86	104	69
Total Day Care of Children Annual Change	-29	8	-51	-29	-53
Local Authority Cancellations	10	12	23	13	10
Local Authority New Registrations	10	36	41	33	14
Local Authority Annual Change	0	24	18	20	4
Private Sector Cancellations	58	70	57	59	64
Private Sector New Registrations	48	64	37	48	46
Private Sector Annual Change	-10	-6	-20	-11	-18
Third Sector Cancellations	71	49	57	61	48
Third Sector New Registrations	52	39	8	23	9
Third Sector Annual Change	-19	-10	-49	-38	-39
Childminding Services Cancellations	719	648	564	574	552
Childminding Services New Registrations	358	332	171	152	173
Childminding Services Annual Change	-361	-316	-393	-422	-379

Cancellations by Size of Service

35. Table 1.13 provides a breakdown of annual cancellations by type and size of setting, whilst Table 1.14 presents cancellation rates in each year by type and size of service. Settings have been grouped into six size bands based on their registered capacity. As highlighted previously a small number of services are listed as having zero registered places and have been excluded from the analysis in Tables 1.13 and 1.14. Cancellation rates are calculated by dividing the annual cancellations in each size band by the total services in that size band as of 31 March in that year. These rates allow for easier identification of which type of service are more likely to have been cancelled.

36. Tables 1.13 and 1.14 show that:

• Cancelled local authority, private and third sector services are most likely to be in the smaller size bands, reflecting the general pattern of adjustment in this part of the childcare sector towards larger services.
• Cancellation rates for third sector services have been highest for services with 1-10 registered places, in particular during the period from year to March 2020 and year to March 2022. However, it is important to note that the year to March 2020 includes 10 services which were cancelled and then re-registered to reflect a change of ownership.

Table 1.13: Cancellations in year to 31 March by capacity (registered places) and type of service for day care of children services, 2019 to 2023

Type of service	March 2019	March 2020	March 2021	March 2022	March 2023
Local Authority total	10	12	23	13	9
1 to 10 places	4	3	8	0	1
11 to 25 places	3	3	9	3	1
26 to 50 places	3	5	4	4	5
51 to 75 places	0	0	0	2	1
76 to 100 places	0	1	1	2	0
101+ places	0	0	1	2	1
Private Sector total	58	67	57	59	64
1 to 10 places	1	0	0	0	1
11 to 25 places	17	11	13	14	12
26 to 50 places	26	29	25	33	38
51 to 75 places	9	19	10	9	7
76 to 100 places	2	2	6	3	2
101+ places	3	6	3	0	4
Third Sector total	71	46	57	60	48
1 to 10 places	3	11	6	5	2
11 to 25 places	33	14	28	27	21
26 to 50 places	28	18	20	24	17
51 to 75 places	3	2	1	2	6
76 to 100 places	1	1	1	1	1
101+ places	3	0	1	1	1

Notes: (1) The figure for third sector services with 1-10 registered capacity in the year to March 2020 includes 10 services which were cancelled and then re-registered to reflect a change of ownership.

Table 1.14: Cancellation rates in year to 31 March by capacity (registered places) and type of service for day care of children services, 2019 to 2023

Type of service	March 2019	March 2020	March 2021	March 2022	March 2023
Local Authority total	0.6%	0.7%	1.3%	0.7%	0.5%
1 to 10 places	4.0%	3.2%	9.2%	0.0%	1.3%
11 to 25 places	0.7%	0.7%	2.4%	0.8%	0.3%
26 to 50 places	0.4%	0.8%	0.6%	0.6%	0.8%
51 to 75 places	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	0.2%
76 to 100 places	0.0%	0.7%	0.6%	1.1%	0.0%
101+ places	0.0%	0.0%	1.0%	1.8%	0.8%
Private Sector total	5.4%	6.2%	5.4%	5.6%	6.2%
1 to 10 places	-	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-
11 to 25 places	16.3%	10.0%	13.7%	15.6%	15.2%
26 to 50 places	5.8%	6.9%	6.1%	8.1%	9.6%
51 to 75 places	3.1%	6.3%	3.4%	3.1%	2.3%
76 to 100 places	1.4%	1.4%	4.0%	2.0%	1.3%
101+ places	3.1%	6.2%	3.0%	0.0%	3.8%
Third Sector total	8.7%	5.7%	7.5%	8.3%	7.0%
1 to 10 places	12.5%	32.4%	22.2%	25.0%	10.5%
11 to 25 places	11.4%	5.1%	10.9%	11.3%	9.8%
26 to 50 places	8.3%	5.5%	6.7%	8.5%	6.3%
51 to 75 places	2.9%	1.8%	0.8%	1.6%	5.1%
76 to 100 places	2.3%	2.6%	2.6%	2.6%	2.4%
101+ places	15.0%	0.0%	4.8%	4.8%	5.0%

Notes: (1) A rate cannot be calculated for private services in size band 1-10 in the year to March 2019 and year to March 2023 as there were zero services in the size band as of 31 March in each year (cancellations were in January 2019 and February 2023 in each year respectively).

(2) The figure for third sector services with 1-10 registered capacity in the year to March 2020 includes 10 services which were cancelled and then re-registered to reflect a change of ownership. If these services were excluded, then the cancellation rate would fall to 2.9% in the year to March 2020.