Ten local authorities in England will test out new and innovative approaches to holiday provision, children's minister Dawn Primarolo revealed on Wednesday.
The news coincides with findings from a Daycare Trust survey which highlights how the cost of a holiday childcare place varies widely across Britain.
Ms Primarolo welcomed the report, which showed that there has been a slight decrease in holiday childcare costs, but she acknowledged that holiday childcare was 'patchy' and that more needed to be done to make affordable provision widely available across the country.
The Daycare Trust's eighth holiday childcare costs survey found that a place varies between £62.70 and £116.53 a week.
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