1.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
The future of childcare
23 September 2013
Yvette Cooper MP
Yvonne Roberts (Chair)
Justine Roberts
Vidhya Alakeson
Anand Shukla
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
#futureofchildcare

2.
Childcare – what do parents
want/need?
Resolution Foundation event at Labour Party Conference Sept 2013

3.
Do you now, or have you in the past, found
it difficult to access flexible, affordable,
reliable childcare for your children?
• Yes 67%
• No 28%
• Don’t know 5%
Mumsnet survey, November 2012. 1191 respondents

4.
If you have found it difficult to access
flexible, affordable, reliable childcare for your
children, what was the difficulty?
• In the main, the available childcare
was too expensive
• In the main, the available childcare
was not flexible enough
• I could not find a comprehensive
information source about all the
different local childcare providers in
my area
• In the main, the available childcare
did not cover the hours/times I
needed
64%
45%
35%
33%
Mumsnet survey, November 2012. 1191 respondents

5.
It’s getting harder to pay for childcare
Mumsnet survey Sept 2013: 1358 Mumsnetters with at least one child
completed survey online. Not weighted.

6.
Have you ever done any of the
following?
• Considered quitting your job because
of childcare costs?
• Turned down a job because of
childcare costs?
• Been unable to pay childcare fees on
time because you were strapped for
cash?
• Left a job because of childcare costs?
• Borrowed money from a
friend/family/credit provider to pay for
childcare costs?
38%
20%
17%
12%
17%
Mumsnet/Daycare Trust survey, June 2012. 1038 respondents

7.
Mumsnet survey Sept 2013: 1358 Mners with at least one child completed survey
online. Not weighted.

8.
Mumsnet survey Sept 2013: 1358 Mners with at least one child completed survey online. Not
weighted.
Do parents want to be in charge, or are we
looking for a more universal model of state
provision?

9.
If free or subsidised childcare places were
available to all but support was capped would
you feel that was an improvement on the
current system or not?
Yes
No
Don’t know
 59%
 22%
 19%
Mumsnet survey Sept 2013: 1358 Mners with at least one child completed survey
online. Not weighted.

10.
Should support be targeted?
Average of those who gave a figure was £72,995
Mumsnet survey Sept 2013: 1358 Mumsnetters with at least one child completed survey online.
Not weighted.

11.
Do you think the political priority given to
childcare children is…
Pre-school Primary school Secondary school
(4-11) (11+)
Too much 8% 2% 4%
About right 29%` 28% 28%
Too low 47% 50% 39%
Don’t know 16% 21% 30%
Mumsnet survey Sept 2013: 1358 Mumsnetters with at least one child completed
survey online. Not weighted.

12.
Mumsnet survey Sept 2013: 1358 Mumsnetters with at least one child completed
survey online. Not weighted.
Who’s doing best?

13.
The Guardian
Who’s doing best?

14.
The Guardian
Who’s doing best?

15.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
The future of childcare
23 September 2013
Yvette Cooper MP
Yvonne Roberts (Chair)
Justine Roberts
Vidhya Alakeson
Anand Shukla
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
#futureofchildcare