The figures showed a stark increase in costs over the last decade, at a time when parents are already grappling with rising mortgages, huge energy bills.
A full time nursery place for a child under two in Great Britain has bumped up by 26.69 per cent between 2013 and 2022, going from £213 for a 50 hour week to £269.86. In England the average price was up 26.05 per cent, Scotland had an increase of 5.24 per cent and Wales saw a rise by 33.6 per cent.
The English region which has suffered the greatest rise in costs is the East of England, where the average full time weekly place cost £213.10 back in 2013 - but is now £303.61, a rise of 42.47 per cent. For Inner London the average price for a full time nursery place cost £266.50 in 2013 - now it's £368.73, a rise of 38.36 per cent.
Editat de Collins20, 29 decembrie 2022 - 00:17 .