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Kindergarten fees up 0.7 per cent
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Households’ payments in kindergartens, rates of change, 15 August 2011, January

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Kindergarten fees up 0.7 per cent

Norwegian kindergarten fees rose by 0.7 per cent from January to August 2011. The rise in the public kindergarten fees contributed most to the increase.

Household payments in public kindergartens showed a slight increase of 0.8 per cent from January to August 2011. Fees in private kindergartens went up 0.5 per cent. Of all children with day care places, 53 per cent attend a publicly provided kindergarten .

The region of Oslo and Akershus showed the largest rise in public kindergarten fees with an increase of 3.1 per cent. The changes are mainly caused by new rates for additional food payments, and payments for extra curricular activities.

Hedmark and Oppland were registered with a rise of 0.4 per cent in the public kindergarten fees, while Vestlandet, Trøndelag and Northern Norway showed an increase of 0.1 per cent. The fees in Agder/Rogaland remained unchanged, while South Eastern Norway showed a slight decrease of 0.1 per cent. The municipalities have adjusted their kindergarten fees to a maximum of NOK 2 330 per month.

Overall, the household payments for public kindergartens rose by 1.4 per cent from August 2010 to August 2011.

Maximum fee

The maximum fee for a full-time place in a kindergarten is set by the Norwegian Parliament to an annual fee of NOK 25 630; NOK 2 330 per month. The ceiling remains unchanged at the same nominal level as in 2010.

Kindergarten fees. Change in per cent
  August 2010-January 2011 January 2011-August 2011 August 2010-August 20114
Public and private kindergartens      
Norway in total 0.4 0.7 1.1
       
Public kindergartens      
Norway in total 0.5 0.8 1.4
Oslo and Akershus 0.7 3.1 3.8
Hedmark and Oppland 0.3 0.4 0.7
South Eastern Norway1 0.5 -0.1 0.4
Agder/Rogaland2 0.8 - 0.8
Western Norway3 0.3 0.1 0.4
Trøndelag 0.3 0.1 0.4
Northern Norway 0.7 0.1 0.8
       
Private kindergartens      
Norway in total 0.2 0.5 0.7
1  østfold, Buskerud, Vestfold and Telemark.
2  Aust-Agder, Vest-Agder and Rogaland.
3  Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane and Møre og Romsdal.
4  Calculated with unrounded rates of change for January and August.