The annual childcare and early years survey for parents, which has been running for more than ten years, was commissioned by the Department for Education.
It aims to provide data on parents’ use of childcare and early years provision, as well as canvassing their views on childcare, including cost, information, availability and quality.
It also found that more parents in deprived areas are using childcare and early years settings, although families with higher incomes are more likely than others to use formal provision.
Researchers found that the use of formal childcare rose from 38 per cent to 44 per cent in the most deprived areas, and from 48 per cent to 54 per cent ‘in areas in the middle of the deprivation distribution’, but fell from 67 per cent to 60 per cent in the least deprived.
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