The cost of holiday daycare in England has risen by 16 per cent since last summer, a survey by the Daycare Trust has found. According to the survey, the typical weekly cost of a place for a child in a summer holiday play scheme is £67.70 a week, or £406.20 for the six-week summer break - up from last year's average cost of £58.46 a week or £350.76 over six weeks.