Market research agency QA Research surveyed 21 local authorities about their views on the government guidelines for creating CSAs, which were introduced last year to ensure that authorities are providing sufficient childcare places for all the children in their area.
The research report, Experiences of Conducting Childcare Sufficiency Assessments, asked councils to rate how difficult the specific elements of producing the CSAs were. The result showed that "assessing the demand for childcare" was the most difficult element (see box).
Kerry Watson, head of the children and young people team at QA Research, said: "Data on childcare vacancies is crucial, but was missing from a lot of authorities."
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