School holidays
• More than a quarter( 27 %) of parents say they do not have a good range of holiday clubs activities available locally. 38 % say they do have a good range locally
• More than a third( 35 %) of the poorest households do not have a good range of holiday clubs locally. Only 31 % say they do have a good range locally
• Parents in Northern Ireland( 41 %), Wales( 35 %), North East England( 35 %) and Scotland( 33 %) are more likely to say they don’ t have a good range of holiday clubs near them compared to parents from other parts of the UK
• Disabled parents( 35 %), single mums( 35 %) and parents with a child with SEN( 31 %) are also more likely to say there isn’ t a good range of holiday clubs locally than other parents
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• 35 % of parents say that local holiday clubs and activities are unaffordable, less than a quarter( 23 %) say they are affordable
• Four in ten( 40 %) parents in the poorest households say holiday clubs are unaffordable, and only 18 % of them say they are affordable
• Mums are more likely to say they are unaffordable than dads( 40 % vs. 29 %)
• Only a quarter( 25 %) of dads and approximately one in five( 21 %) mums say that holiday clubs are affordable
• Parents in London are more than twice as likely to say local holiday clubs are affordable than parents in the South East( 41 % vs. 17 %)
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