Data set from Childcare and early years provider survey

Breakdown of total provider costs

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Published 14 December 2023

Last updated 14 December 2023

A breakdown of childcare providers' total costs into different categories

Data set details

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	provider_type	staff	rent_mortage	food	materials	training	business_rates	energy	recruiting_staff	other
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Nursery class childcare settings	85.07	1.58	1.57	4.31	1.38	x	x	0.51	5.57
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Maintained nursery schools	81.33	2.44	0.93	2.42	0.83	x	x	0.55	11.50
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	All school-based providers	84.75	1.65	1.52	4.15	1.33	x	x	0.51	6.08
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Private group-based providers	72.23	9.49	4.71	3.06	1.33	1.63	2.10	0.73	4.72
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Voluntary group-based providers	79.41	6.65	2.29	3.21	0.96	0.33	1.51	0.18	5.45

Table showing first 5 of 10 variables
Variable name	Variable description
business_rates	Business rates
energy	Energy bills
food	Food costs
materials	Materials such as books, toys or equipment
other	Other costs

Childminder costs are not directly comparable with group-based provider and school-based provider costs. Childminders were not asked about their rent / mortgage or energy bills, because they work from their own home and would have to pay at least some of these costs, even if they didn't run a childminding business. Childminder "staffing costs" are the sum of the amount that they pay their assistant(s) (if they have one) and the amount that they pay themselves in the form of a salary.
Childminders do not have to pay business rates.
"Nursery class childcare settings" often deliver classes to school-age children alongside their nursery provision. For these providers, it is difficult to estimate how much of the providers' overhead costs - such as energy bills and business rates - are accounted for by nursery classes and how much are accounted for by other parts of the school. Therefore, unlike group-based providers, who were asked to report them separately, for school-based providers these costs were reported in "other costs".

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