The Daycare Trust has found that a typical full-time nursery place for a two-year-old now costs more than 110 a week. This works out at over 5,700 a year, more than an average family with two children spends on housing or food.
Regional variations show that average nursery costs are cheapest in the north-east at just over 90 a week. They peak in London and the south-east, where the cost of a typical nursery place rises to 135 a week, more than 7,000 a year. The survey also reveals that nationally, parents pay almost 90 a week to place a two-year-old child with a childminder, still over 4,500 a year.
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