HC Deb 04 November 1996 vol 284 cc371-2W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of the(a) women who are mothers and (b) men who are fathers who are employed by his Department have received any assistance from the Department with child care. [1294]

Mr. Bowis

Although the civil service collects statistical information on staff employed in Government Departments and executive agencies, we do not collect information on the parental status of individual staff. It would be inappropriate for us to request this information from staff.

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