Childcare costs surveys
Daycare Trust publish annual childcare costs surveys in January (general childcare costs) and July (holiday childcare costs).
Childcare costs in 2010
A summary of the findings of the Daycare Trust childcare costs and holiday childcare costs surveys is given here. You can purchase the full report from our online shop. Read about our Holiday Childcare Costs Survey 2010.
- Average childcare costs for 25 hours per week are £88 in England, which is more than half gross average part-time earnings of £153 per week.
- Parents in London are facing the highest reported costs, paying up to £11,050 per year for 25 hours childcare per week, or £22,100 for 50 hours.
- Average yearly expenditure on childcare is £4,576 for English parents, £4,368 for Scottish parents and £4,056 for Welsh parents for 25 hours of nursery care per week, for a child under 2.
- There has been a rise in costs above the rate of inflation for all types of childcare, despite the UK being in recession. In England the cost of a nursery place for children aged 2 and over has risen by 5.1 per cent - almost double inflation.
- There has been significant growth in all forms of childcare costs in England, but a fall in out-of-school care for Scotland and Wales.
- 58 per cent of Family Information Services across Britain -and 69% in Wales- revealed parents had reported a lack of childcare - with half of all local authorities reporting insufficient childcare for older children and disabled children.
- The typical cost of a place for a child in a local authority-run summer play scheme is £82.60 per week in England, £58.89 in Wales and £104.28 per week in Scotland. The typical cost for private, voluntary and independent-run provision is £104.55 per week in England, £101.60 in Wales and £96.47 in Scotland (Daycare Trust Holiday Childcare Costs Survey 2010).
(The average claimed for childcare element of Working Tax Credit is now £68.69.)
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The Childcare Costs Survey 2009 was supported
by Imagine Co-operative Childcare
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Childcare costs in 2009
Childcare costs survey (January 2009)
Summary of the Holiday childare costs survey (July 2009)
Childcare costs in 2008
Childcare costs survey (January 2008)
Holiday childcare costs survey (July 2008)
Childcare costs in 2007
Childcare costs survey (January 2007)
Holiday childcare costs survey (July 2007)
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