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Summary of the 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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