Nursery World - Families pay as nurseries' running costs keep rising

The cost of sending a child under two to nursery in inner London has jumped 17 per cent in the past 12 months, to just under Pounds 200 a week. The annual survey by the Daycare Trust into the cost of childcare, published this week, reveals the soaring price of childcare in the capital and the south-east. It found the most expensive place for a child under two is in inner London at more than 350 a week.

The annual survey by the Daycare Trust into the cost of childcare, published this week, reveals the soaring price of childcare in the capital and the south-east. It found the most expensive place for a child under two is in inner London at more than 350 a week.

Throughout the rest of England, the price of a typical nursery place for a child under two has risen above the inflation rate for the fourth year running, by an average of 5 per cent.

For the first time the survey also looked at the cost of childcare in Scotland and Wales. The figures were compiled from information provided by 135 Children's Information Services. Eighty-nine services reported that parents told them there was a lack of quality, affordable childcare in their area.

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