Summer holiday childcare in UK now costs £1,000 a child, research finds

Parents or carers in full-time work said to be dreading' expense, and sum may be even higher in Wales and south-east England

Parents can expect to spend more than 1,000 per child for care over the school summer holidays, , according to research.

A survey by the children's charity Coram found that British families will be paying, on average, 1,049 for summer childcare for children aged from four to 14 - 635 more than they would pay for six weeks of after-school childcare during term time.