WORKING parents in Yorkshire face a typical childcare bill of more than £780 to cover the costs per youngster during the summer hols, according to a survey.
The average cost of one week of holiday childcare is £130.34 per child,, Coram Family and Childcare’s 15th annual holiday childcare survey found.
Holiday childcare costs were found to be highest in the South East, at an average of £162 per week per child, more than a third (37%) higher than the North West, where childcare costs are lowest, at £119 per week on average.
In addition to rising costs, parents may struggle to get their child a childcare place over the summer.
Only one in three local authorities in England reports having enough hols childcare.
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