The Family and Childcare Trust’s 17th annual Holiday Childcare survey finds that the average cost for just one weeks' holiday childcare in England is now £134.66 -an increase of 5-per-cent on last year.
The average cost of a week's hoilday childcare across the UK is slightly lower at £133 (see below table).
For six weeks of holiday childcare, parents will be charged an average of £800 per child.
However, prices vary across the country, information sent from local authorities’ Family Information Services show. In the East of England, a week of holiday childcare costs £169 on average-34 per cent more than in the West Midlands at £126 per week.
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