Data set from Childcare and early years provider survey

Fee and funding rate differences by region

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A time series of the difference between mean fees charged by childcare providers to parents and funding rates paid by the government to childcare providers, broken down by region and provider type.

Data set details

Theme
Early years
Publication
Childcare and early years provider survey
Release type
Geographic levels
Regional
Indicators
  • Difference between mean funding rate and mean fee
  • Unweighted base
Filters
  • Age group
Time period
2022 to 2024

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameage_groupdifferenceunweighted_base
2024Calendar yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000001North EastTwo year old children-1.38200
2024Calendar yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000002North WestTwo year old children-1.42661
2024Calendar yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000003Yorkshire and The HumberTwo year old children-1.58595
2024Calendar yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000005West MidlandsTwo year old children-1.23522
2024Calendar yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000004East MidlandsTwo year old children-1.20547

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 3 variables
Variable nameVariable description
age_groupAge group
differenceDifference between mean funding rate and mean fee
unweighted_baseUnweighted base

Footnotes

  1. Values are less than zero where average funding rates are higher than average fees and greater than zero where average fees are higher than average funding rates.

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