Section 8 - Fees by child age and region
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A time series of mean and median hourly fees charged by childcare providers to parents broken down by age, region and provider type.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Childcare and early years provider survey
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 72
- Geographic levels
- Regional
- Indicators
- Mean hourly fee
- Median hourly fee
- Unweighted base
- Filters
- Age group
- Time period
- 2024 to 2025
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | age_group | mean_hourly_fee | median_hourly_fee | unweighted_base | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Calendar year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | Children aged under 2 | 6.83 | 6 | 182 | |
| 2025 | Calendar year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | Children aged under 2 | 6.44 | 6 | 548 | |
| 2025 | Calendar year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | Children aged under 2 | 6.19 | 6 | 472 | |
| 2025 | Calendar year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000005 | West Midlands | Children aged under 2 | 6.63 | 6.2 | 467 | |
| 2025 | Calendar year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | Children aged under 2 | 6.57 | 6 | 411 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| age_group | Age group |
| mean_hourly_fee | Mean hourly fee |
| median_hourly_fee | Median hourly fee |
| unweighted_base | Unweighted base |
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Email: EY.AnalysisANDResearch@education.gov.ukContact name: John Canlin