While overall use of formal childcare is stable, the Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents in England, 2014-15 found that just 49 per cent of children in deprived areas use formal childcare, compared to 65 per cent of families in better-off areas.
Take-up of the funded places among three- and four-year-olds is 80 per cent for families earning less than £10,000 a year, but rises to 94 per cent among those earning £45,000 or more.
The survey for 2014-15 shows that overall childcare usage is unchanged since 2012-13.
The findings are based on face-to-face interviews with 6,198 parents by Ipsos Mori. The survey was annual until 2012 but is now biannual.
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