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Research by Coram Family and Childcare
Our research and advocacy focuses on making the UK a better place for families, and on holding government to account for doing all it can to remove barriers for families.
Childcare Survey and Holiday Childcare Survey
Our annual Childcare Survey and Holiday Childcare Survey are the definitive reports on childcare costs and availability in the UK.
Covid and childcare
Implications of COVID for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in England
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Family Information Services Survey 2015 - 2016
While the number of enquiries to Family Information Services in England had more than doubled...
Implementing the Family Test: A review of progress one year on
This report seeks to identify how successfully the Family Test has been implemented to date...
Childcare for London parents with atypical work patterns
Many who work atypical hours share childcare between them or turn to relatives to provide...
The childcare support gap
In 2015, employer-supported vouchers will be phased out and replaced by a tax free voucher,...
Where next for childcare? Learning from the last ten years of childcare policy
The modern childcare system is best understood in the context of the government’s late entry...
2014 London Childcare Report
The 2014 London Childcare Report examines the progress that has been made since 2012 to fill...
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Working parents facing holiday childcare bill of up to £800 – more than double the cost of term time childcare
16 July 2019
Holiday childcare prices have risen by percent in Britain since last summer
Rising childcare costs and patchy availability lock London parents out of full-time work
6 June 2019
Nearly two in three local authorities in London do not have enough childcare for children aged...
Families face rising tide of childcare costs as prices rise again
28 February 2019
Parents now pay an average of £127 per week, or over £6,600 per year, for just a part time...
Welsh families face rising tide of childcare costs as prices rise again
28 February 2019
Welsh parents now pay an average of £117 per week, or over £6,000 per year, for just a part...
Scottish families face rising tide of childcare costs as prices rise again
28 February 2019
Scottish parents now pay an average of £111 per week, or almost £5,800 per year, for just a...
Four in five older people at risk of struggle to find social care
13 December 2018
4.3 million people aged 75 or over are living in areas without enough care, research from...
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