§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) which district health authorities in Wales have(a) adopted and (b) implemented policy statements on child care facilities for staff employed within the districts; how many hospitals in each health authority area offer child care facilities and how many take advantage of such facilities; and whether he has any plans to issue guidelines, including the issuing of targets for child care facilities in the health service;
(2) which district health authorities have produced guidelines or policy statements concerning the application of job-share schemes; how many job-share posts have been (a) advertised and (b) filled in each district health authority in Wales; and how many of these job-share schemes applied to (i) health visitors, (ii) district nurses, (iii) midwives, (iv) sister nurses and (v) staff nurses.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThe information requested is not held centrally. Whilst there are no guidelines and targets for child care facilities, health authorities are encouraged, through the annual manpower resource planning process in particular, to consider and develop a range of employment practices. These include child care facilities and job-share schemes. However, the adoption and implementation of such practices is a matter for local employers to decide.