Greater subsidy demanded as nursery costs rise 5 per cent

James Tweed
Wednesday, January 28, 2004

The cost of placing a child under two in a day nursery in England has risen by almost 5 per cent in the past 12 months, according to research by the Daycare Trust. The Trust's 2004 survey of childcare costs, published earlier this week, found that average day nursery fees have risen by more than inflation for the third year running, from 128 a week in 2003 to 134 a week now - almost 7,000 a year. In London and the south-east, a nursery place costs around 168 a week.