A quarter (25 per cent) of childminders said they had increased their fees and 28 per cent of school nurseries.
It follows warnings from providers that they would be forced to put up their fees if the level of funding for the 15 and 30 hours did not rise and to meet increased costs including rises to the national living wage, pension contributions etc.
The DfE figures are based on survey responses from 5,175 nurseries, 1,649 school-based providers and 1,240 childminders between March and July.
A breakdown by area shows more nurseries in the South West and Yorkshire and Humber had put up their fees, whereas fewer nurseries had increased fees in in the North East and London.
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