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783255

registered interest
date	03/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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	111301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department provides a 50% subsidy for a holiday play-scheme for London-based staff. In the last twelve months this was used by six staff at a total cost of £245 (£17.50 per child per day).</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA has an on-site nursery facility and offers a school holiday play-scheme for staff in Swansea. The combined facility caters for up to 120 children.</p><p> </p><p>No money has been spent on the facility in the last 12 months as the DVLA provides the building to its service provider, which allows them to provide childcare at a reduced cost to staff. 149 staff are registered to use the nursery facility and on average about 38 staff make use of the play-scheme.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 13/11/2017 15:35:54 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

783265

registered interest
date	03/11/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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	111302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Wales Office does not provide on-site childcare facilities on its estate. However, the Department recognises that staff need flexible pre-school and out-of-school childcare of a type and in a location most convenient to them.</p><p> </p><p>The Wales Office is not an employer in its own right, and staff are employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The MoJ offers a salary sacrifice scheme for childcare vouchers which enables staff to choose their own childcare provider (subject to meeting eligibility requirements) and have their childcare costs reduced by taking part of their salary in the form of childcare vouchers, which are exempt from tax and National Insurance contributions.</p><p> </p><p>We also follow MoJ polices by offering a range of flexible working options to staff, including term-time working, job shares and compressed hours, to allow staff with caring responsibilities to work in the way that best suits them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 13/11/2017 15:24:47 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

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

782830

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, 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	111063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>DFID has 2 HQ buildings in the UK, one in Whitehall and one in East Kilbride. Neither building provides childcare facilities however DFID operates the Childcare Voucher scheme to assist parents of young children with the cost of nursery and after school placements.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/11/2017 16:17:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

782854

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for its staff; how much his Department (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	111072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>There are no on-site childcare facilities provided by the Ministry of Justice on its estate. However, the Department recognises that employees need flexible pre-school and out-of-school childcare of a type and in a location most convenient to them, and we offer a salary sacrifice scheme for childcare vouchers. This enables employees to choose their own childcare provider (subject to meeting eligibility requirements) and have their childcare costs reduced by taking part of their salary in the form of childcare vouchers, which are exempt from tax and National Insurance contributions.</p><p>We also offer a range of flexible working options to staff, including term-time working, job shares and compressed hours, to allow staff with caring responsibilities to work in the way that best suits them.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 07/11/2017 17:51:58 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

782943

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, 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	111065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) does not administer its own childcare facilities but supports parents to make their own arrangements through a combination of vouchers, allowances and participation in shared schemes, depending on where in the UK, and globally, employees work.</p><p>London based staff can make use of the Westminster Holiday Play Scheme organised by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The Department does not have details on the number of individual staff members who use the scheme nor the overall cost; however we can confirm a cost of £35 per day/ per child of which the Department contributes £18.</p><p>UK Export Finance staff based at 1 Horse Guards Road can access the HM Treasury “holiday clubs” which are totally funded by the employee.</p><p>For DIT overseas staff, local arrangements are available within their overseas allowances.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/11/2017 11:59:09 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 21271 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
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