§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will estimate the average weekly cost of full-time child care provision for a child aged(a) zero to two and (b) two to five (i) in a nursery place and (ii) with a registered childminder; and what variations exist between average child care costs in each setting in each region in England and Wales. [110548]
§ Ms HodgeThe Department does not have information on child care payments in the detailed form requested.
DfEE Research Report No. 176 "Parents' Demand for Childcare" includes analysis of weekly household child care payments. For households with pre-school children only, the average (mean) weekly child care payment among those who paid some money for child care was £68. Fourteen per cent. of these households had weekly child care payments over £100.
This analysis covers a range of households, many of which will be using small amounts of paid child care, and includes non-working households. It also covers a range of child care types.
§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when he will reply to the question tabled by the hon. Member for Regent's Park and Kensington, North on 14 February (ref. 110548) relating to child care provision. [113925]