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782764

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for its staff; how much his Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those facilities in the last 12 months; and how many of his Department's staff use those facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	111062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not provide any childcare facilities for its staff on its estate. The Department does participate in a voucher scheme but this is a salary sacrifice where staff give up part of their salary in exchange for vouchers for childcare. There is no cost to the Department for this scheme.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/11/2017 12:11:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

782827

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what childcare facilities her Department makes available for its staff; how much her Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those facilities in the last 12 months; and how many of her Department's staff use those facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	111064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Staff in the Department can utilise the Westminster Holiday Play Scheme. This is a childcare facility that takes place during school holidays, open to children from the age of 4 years and 9 months up to 15 years’ old. It is run by a private company on behalf of a consortium of departments, through a contract led and administered by BEIS. It currently operates at 4 London locations. Parents/guardians meet more than half of the costs for children attending this scheme, but the Department pays either £14.78 or £15.68 (dependent on the age of the child) towards each day’s use of the scheme.</p><p>During FY 2016/17, Home Office has recorded spend of £4045.84 on this play scheme. The Department does not collate details on the number of individual staff members who made use of the scheme or on the amounts spent per child.</p><p>More widely, the Home Office operates a Childcare Voucher Salary Sacrifice Scheme for staff. Staff can choose to take part of their salary (up to £243 per month) in the form of childcare vouchers. As the vouchers are exempt from Tax and NI, a saving is made. The vouchers can be used to help meet the costs of a range of registered childcare.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/11/2017 14:59:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

782063

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for staff; how much his Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury, along with other government departments, has access to the Westminster Play Scheme, which is run by a private sector childcare provider called ‘Tinies’. This is available during school holidays (half terms and summer break). The total cost to HM Treasury for the last financial year (01/04/2016 to 31/03/2017) was £2,558.50. As this is an external provider we are unable to confirm total cost per child.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 06/11/2017 15:00:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

782108

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what childcare facilities her Department makes available for staff; how much her Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The department has no childcare facilities on its estate. There are two schemes in place, salary sacrifice and salary plus, which assist staff with childcare costs.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 06/11/2017 16:41:52 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

782119

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for staff; how much his Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Defra does not provide in house childcare facilities for employees.</p><p> </p><p>However, Defra recognises that employees need flexible pre-school and out-of-school childcare that is convenient to them and therefore provides access to a salary sacrifice scheme for childcare vouchers. The Scheme enables employees to choose their own childcare provider and to have their childcare costs reduced by using Childcare Vouchers. The vouchers can be used to pay any eligible childcare provider that is OFSTED registered and HMRC compliant.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/11/2017 11:01:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

782133

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for staff; how much his Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (FCO) has on-site nursery facilities in King Charles Street, London, and Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes. King Charles Street can accommodate up to 44 children and Hanslope Park up to 55. 84 staff members currently use these facilities.</p><p>At both facilities, parents pay the majority of the costs but there is also a Departmental contribution for the provision of facilities. In Financial Year 2016/17 costs to the Department were:</p><p />King Charles St - £97,836, with average cost per child of £2,082<p /><p>Hanslope Park - £45,690, with average cost per child of £831.</p><p>The FCO offers childcare vouchers to staff as part of a salary sacrifice arrangement. These vouchers can be used to pay for care at any Ofsted registered nursery or childminder. There is no net cost to the FCO in offering childcare vouchers.</p><p>The FCO also supports staff by making a contribution towards the cost of places at the Westminster Holiday Playscheme. The cost of this in 2016-17 was £9,688. We do not hold data on the number of children/parents who use this facility.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/11/2017 15:22:22 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

782238

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for staff; how much his Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union participates in a childcare voucher scheme and has an active parenting and carers network to support staff. As a new department DExEU is in the process of forming its HR systems and processes, and we are also undertaking further work to provide support for childcare during school holidays.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 06/11/2017 16:19:07 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

781365

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for staff; how much his Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office do support the provision of childcare facilities for employees. If staff are based in London, they can apply for a place on the Westminster Holiday Playscheme which is provided by a third party. Children aged 4 years 9 months to 12 years are eligible to attend the playscheme, which runs during school holidays. If staff are based outside London and use a playscheme close to their home, the department will help with the cost of using the playscheme as long as the supplier is registered to provide childcare services. The cost of the playscheme is shared between the department and the parent.</p><p> </p><ol><li>Overall expenditure on the playscheme facilities for last financial year 2016/17 totalled £2,828.00</li><li>The department contributed an average of £78.56 per child during financial year 16/17, with a total of 27 staff using the facilities.<p> </p></li></ol> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/11/2017 11:44:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

781374

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for staff; how much his Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department subsidises staff to use the Westminster Play scheme run by Tinies, a holiday play scheme covering school holidays.</p><p>During the last year there have been a total of 5 holiday sessions covered by the scheme. During this time a total of 9 Department employees with 10 children have benefited from the scheme. Unfortunately we are unable to provide a cost per child however the total cost to the Department for the scheme during this period was £691.50, which averages out at £69.15 per child.</p><p /> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 03/11/2017 15:30:45 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 20079 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

781378

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what childcare facilities her Department makes available for staff; how much her Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not centrally held and to obtain it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Westminster Holiday Playscheme (​WHP​)​, a school holiday service run by Tinies Kids Clubs, is available to civil servants of specific government departments including DCMS. DCMS offers WHP childcare facilities to all staff with a 50% subsidy.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/11/2017 09:40:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin