Section 9 - Difference between provider fee and funding rate by region
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A time series of the difference between mean hourly fees charged by childcare providers to parents and hourly funding rates paid by the government to childcare providers, broken down by 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
- 27
- Geographic levels
- Regional
- Indicators
- Difference between mean funding rate and mean fee
- Unweighted base
- Filters
- Age group
- Time period
- 2025
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | age_group | difference | unweighted_base |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Calendar year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | Two year old children | -0.92 | 235 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | Two year old children | -1.22 | 746 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | Two year old children | -1.27 | 591 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000005 | West Midlands | Two year old children | -0.81 | 582 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | Two year old children | -0.88 | 538 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| age_group | Age group |
| difference | Difference between mean funding rate and mean fee |
| unweighted_base | Unweighted base |
Footnotes
- 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.
- Two-year-old figures refer to the "working parent" funding rate which is, on average, 3p per hour lower than the "FRAS" funding rate
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