Working mothers who have a young child in a nursery in inner London

19 March 2003
News

Working mothers who have a young child in a nursery in inner London are having to pay on average about two-thirds of their salary to cover their childcare costs, according to a survey by the Transport and General Workers Union. Up to 4.8 hours of a mother's seven-hour working day would be spent paying for a day's nursery fees in inner London, and 4.6 hours in the rest of south-east England. In the West and East Midlands a mother has to work 2.9 and three hours respectively to pay nursery costs. The survey also found that female domestic staff in London have to work 28.2 hours a week to pay for a week's childcare, while female teaching professionals work 8.8 hours. Men working in catering in the north-east of England need to work 17.9 hours a week to pay for a week's nursery provision, whereas women in catering need to work 20.3 hours.

Working mothers who have a young child in a nursery in inner London are having to pay on average about two-thirds of their salary to cover their childcare costs, according to a survey by the Transport and General Workers Union. Up to 4.8 hours of a mother's seven-hour working day would be spent paying for a day's nursery fees in inner London, and 4.6 hours in the rest of south-east England. In the West and East Midlands a mother has to work 2.9 and three hours respectively to pay nursery costs. The survey also found that female domestic staff in London have to work 28.2 hours a week to pay for a week's childcare, while female teaching professionals work 8.8 hours. Men working in catering in the north-east of England need to work 17.9 hours a week to pay for a week's nursery provision, whereas women in catering need to work 20.3 hours.