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Dear Lucie Stephens,

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

I write further to your request for information received on 15 July 2021.

You requested
Dear Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, Please provide information on
how many of Bolton's nurseries and children's centres have been sold,
transferred or closed between January 2015 and January 2021. Please
provide the full address of each of the buildings that have been affected
and the super output area in which they are located. Of those that have
been sold or transferred please detail (by providing the full address) how
many went to - public sector organisations (including schools, colleges
and health providers) - private providers (for profit providers) -
voluntary and/ or community sector providers (not for profit providers)
Please detail how many childcare places this represents in total and
detail the number of childcare places that have been transferred in
settings sold or transferred broken down by public sector providers,
private providers and voluntary and community sector providers. Please
detail how many staff posts this represents in total and detail the number
of staff posts in settings sold or transferred to public sector providers,
private providers and voluntary and community sector providers.

Unfortunately from your recent correspondence we are unable to identify
the information you have requested and we require some further details
from you in order to progress your request. In particular, it would be
useful to know “is it provision owned and operated by Bolton council, or
all provision within Bolton”

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Dear Lucie Stephens

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
        
In response to your request for information received at this office on 15
July 2021, please see the Council’s response below.

You requested
Dear Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, Please provide information on
how many of Bolton's nurseries and children's centres have been sold,
transferred or closed between January 2015 and January 2021. Please
provide the full address of each of the buildings that have been affected
and the super output area in which they are located. Of those that have
been sold or transferred please detail (by providing the full address) how
many went to - public sector organisations (including schools, colleges
and health providers) - private providers (for profit providers) -
voluntary and/ or community sector providers (not for profit providers)
Please detail how many childcare places this represents in total and
detail the number of childcare places that have been transferred in
settings sold or transferred broken down by public sector providers,
private providers and voluntary and community sector providers. Please
detail how many staff posts this represents in total and detail the number
of staff posts in settings sold or transferred to public sector providers,
private providers and voluntary and community sector providers.

Our response

1          Please provide information on how many of Bolton's nurseries
and children's centres have been sold, transferred or closed between
January 2015 and January 2021. Please provide the full address of each of
the buildings that have been affected and the super output area in which
they are located.

            No directly ran Council nurseries have closed during this
period, however one maintained Nursery School – Susan Issacs closed on
31^st August 2016.

            Children’s Centres:

            Sold –                                     0

            Transferred –            7 (details below)

            Closed –                     0

            The buildings/super output areas associated are as follows:

o Crompton Children’s Centre, Chalfont Street, Bolton BL1 8JS | Super
Output Area: E01004822
o Hulton Children’s Centre, St Mary’s CE Primary School, Edale Road,
Bolton BL3 4QP | Super Output Area: E01004836
o Kearsley Children’s Centre, Springfield Road, Kearsley, Bolton BL4
8LB | Super Output Area: E01004907
o Little Lever Children’s Centre, Herbert Street, Little Lever,
Bolton BL3 1LU | Super Output Area: E01004916
o Lord Street & Grosvenor Children’s Centre, Lord Street, Bolton BL4
8AR | Super Output Area: E01004906
o The Orchards Children’s Centre, Highfield Road, Bolton BL4 0RA |
Super Output Area: E01004876
o Westhoughton Children’s Centre, Washacre Primary School, Clough
Avenue, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2NJ | Super Output Area: E01004895

2          Of those that have been sold or transferred please detail (by
providing the full address) how many went to

           - public sector organisations (including schools, colleges and
health providers) –                 7

           - private providers (for profit providers) –       0

            - voluntary and/ or community sector providers (not for profit
providers) –                      0

o Crompton – The Valley Community Primary School, Hibbert Street,
Bolton BL1 8JG
o Hulton – St Mary’s CE Primary School, Edale Road, Bolton BL3 4QP
o Kearsley – Woodbridge College, C/o Firwood High School, Stitch Mi
Lane, Bolton BL2 4HU
o Little Lever – Mytham Primary School, Mytham Road, Little Lever,
Bolton BL3 1JG
o Lord Street & Grosvenor – Grosvenor Nursery School, Lord Street,
Bolton BL4 8AR
o The Orchards – The Orchards Federation, Highfield Road, Bolton BL4
0NS
o Westhoughton – Washacre Primary School, Central Drive,
Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 3DT

3          Please detail how many childcare places this represents in
total and detail the number of childcare places that have been transferred
in settings sold or transferred broken down by public sector providers,
private providers and voluntary and community sector providers.

             There was no directly ran Council childcare provision on site
at the point of transfer.

4          Please detail how many staff posts this represents in total and
detail the number of staff posts in settings sold or transferred to public
sector providers, private providers and voluntary and community sector
providers.

            No staff were transferred under these arrangements.

Should you have any queries, please contact 
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Yours sincerely

Information Governance Team

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