Professor John Robertson OBA
From Scottish Household Survey 2024 Childcare published today:
More than half said that they found it easy (17%) or very easy (34%) to afford childcare, with a further quarter (25%) stating they found it neither easy nor difficult. However, 10% of households said that they found it difficult to afford childcare, and 6% found it very difficult
So, 16% in total in Scotland found it difficult or very difficult to afford childcare.
From the Department for Education’s Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents (2024) published on 10 July 2025:
Around 31% of households [in England] with children aged 0-4 years only who pay for childcare find it difficult or very difficult to afford the costs.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2024
Almost twice as many households in England than in Scotland, per head, find it difficult or very difficult to afford the costs of childcare
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I always think it is a bit strange, parents have to plonk their kids in nursery, while going out to work, to pay for someone else to look after their kids.
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