Summer holiday childcare in UK now costs £1,000 a child, research finds
Friday 19th July 2024
Parents or carers in full-time work said to be ‘dreading’ expense, and sum may be even higher in Wales and south-east England
Parents can expect to spend more than £1,000 per child for care over the school summer holidays, , according to research.
A survey by the children’s charity Coram found that British families will be paying, on average, £1,049 for summer childcare for children aged from four to 14 – £635 more than they would pay for six weeks of after-school childcare during term time.
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