Estimates Committee B - Answers to Questions Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1) 52 1 Parliament of South Australia Estimates Committee B - Answers to Questions published Estimates Replies Family Day Care FAMILY DAY CARE In reply to Mr PISONI Legislative Council FAMILY DAY CARE In reply to Mr PISONI (Unley) (30 June 2011). The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL Legislative Council Minister for Education Minister for Early Childhood Development Minister for Science and Information Economy FAMILY DAY CARE The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Minister for Education, Minister for Early Childhood Development, Minister for Science and Information Economy): A key factor for the increase in the 'cost per child for Family Day Care' of $304 between the 2009-10 actual and the 2010-11 Estimated Result is an 8.7 per cent reduction in estimated child numbers factored in the 2010-11 Estimated Result. The child numbers for Family Day Care, as published in Budget paper 4, page 166, were 11,100 for the 2009-10 actual compared to 10,132 in the 2010-11 Estimated Result. The increased 'cost per child for Family Day Care' does not reflect an increased cost that each family is required to pay.