Data set from Childcare and early years provider survey

Mean and median hourly funding rate for children aged 2 by provider type

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Published 14 December 2023

Last updated 14 December 2023

A time series of the mean and median funding rates paid by the government to childcare providers for children aged 2, broken down by provider type.

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Data set details

• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Childcare and early years provider survey
• Release: Reporting year 2023
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Mean hourly funding rate
  • Median hourly funding rate
  • Unweighted base
• Filters:
  • Provider type
• Time period: 2022 to 2023

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	provider_type	mean_hourly_rate	median_hourly_rate	unweighted_base
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Private group-based providers	5.61	5.6	1808
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Voluntary group-based providers	5.68	5.63	1061
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Nursery class childcare settings	5.63	5.55	339
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Maintained nursery schools	5.88	5.63	98
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Childminders	5.55	5.5	765

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Table showing all 4 variables

Variable name	Variable description
mean_hourly_rate	Mean hourly funding rate
median_hourly_rate	Median hourly funding rate
provider_type	Provider type
unweighted_base	Unweighted base

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