A progress report from the Social Exclusion Unit found that children from these backgrounds were less likely to access childcare and nurseries.
While 87 per cent of White parents used some form of registered childcare in 2002, only 81 per cent of Black parents, 70 per cent of Asian parents and 71 per cent of other ethnic groups did so.
End Child Poverty director Jonathan Stearn said: "We need a national strategy that will reach particularly disadvantaged groups like Black and ethnic minority households." Nearly 80 per cent of parents of a disabled child found it difficult to combine working and caring for their child, while 74 per cent cut back or gave up work because of childcare problems.
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