The National Centre for Social Research's latest Childcare and Early Years Survey found that the proportion of families using breakfast and after-school clubs doubled between 2001 and 2004.
It found that almost nine in ten families with children aged 0-14 used some form of childcare or early years provision in 2004. Of the 8,000 families interviewed, two-thirds had used some form of childcare in the previous week, an 8 percentage point rise on 2001. But in either time period, out-of-school clubs were the most commonly-used type of formal provision.
The report says, 'The increase in levels of use of formal care is partly accounted for by greater proportions of families using out-of-school clubs, with 12 per cent having used this provider in the last week in 2004, compared with just 6 per cent in 2001.'
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