FOI Request - Childcare Survey 2023
Request 101003452242
Note on terminology:
By a ‘nursery’, we mean all Scotland Care Inspectorate registered childcare providers that look after groups of children under five on non-domestic premises for at least 25 hours per week. This includes pre-schools, day nurseries, nursery schools and schools with a nursery.
‘Maintained’ means provision run by the local authority or a state school/nursery.
‘PVI’ means provision run by the private sector, voluntary providers, or independent schools, including PVI provision in children’s centres.
Section A: prices
1. Please provide us with the average prices in your area for maintained and private, voluntary and independent (PVI) nursery places for the following provision:
a) For 2 year olds and under
25 hours per week 50 hours per week
Maintained PVI Maintained PVI
A place in a nursery for children under 2 years
A place in a nursery for children aged 2 (those who do not get the 1,140 hour entitlement)
Nurseries record their prices in different ways. Some have an hourly rate, while others have a weekly rate for 50 hours provision from 8am to 6pm. If the nursery does not have a 25 hour rate, please calculate the price of 25 hours provision by halving the 50 hour rate, or failing this, multiplying an hourly rate by 25.
b) For 3 and 4 year olds
Please answer ONE of the following two questions
Either: Please provide us with the average prices of childcare once the free entitlements have been taken into account.
Maintained PVI
A place in a nursery for 50 hours a week where parents have used their 1,140 hour free entitlement (i.e. please report the price of 20 hours if free entitlements are used during term time)
Or: Please provide us with the average prices of childcare before the free entitlements have been taken into account.
Maintained PVI
A place in a nursery for 50 hours a week
2. Please provide us with the price of 25 hours of childcare per week for a child under 2 at:
The most expensive nursery that you are aware of in your area
The cheapest nursery that you are aware of in your area
3. Please provide the typical (average) price for a childminder in your area. If your data does not fit into the age categories below, please provide your best approximations, including providing the same price for different age groups.
25 hours per week 50 hours per week
Children under 2 years
Children aged 2
Children aged 3 and 4
Children at school, for pickup and care up to around 6pm (approximately 15 hours per week)
Childminders record their prices in different ways. Some have an hourly rate, while others have a weekly rate for 50 hours provision from 8am-6pm. If the childminder does not have a 25 hour rate, please calculate the price of 25 hours provision by halving the 50 hour rate, or failing this, multiplying an hourly rate by 25.
4. Please provide the typical (average) weekly price for a place in an after school club for 15 hours per week:
£ After school club, 15 hours per week
Section B: numbers of providers
1. How many of these types of providers do you have in your local authority?
PVI nurseries
Maintained nurseries which can make charges to parents (even if they do not)
Section C: childcare availability
1. Does your local authority have enough childcare (childcare sufficiency) for the following groups?
Yes: in all areas Yes: in some areas No Data not held or cannot tell
2 year olds and under
2 year olds entitled to 1,140 hours a year free early learning and childcare
3-4 year olds entitled to 1,140 hours a year free early learning and childcare
5-11 year olds after school
12-14 year olds after school
Disabled children
Parents working full time (9am to 5pm on weekdays)
Parents working atypical hours (outside 9am to 5pm on weekdays)
Please leave this question blank if there are no rural areas in your local authority
Families living in rural areas
Response 11-01-2024
The information requested can be found here.