§ Ms. RichardsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what child care provision his Department provides for pre-school age children of the Department's employees; what child care provision for school holiday and/or after-school care is provided for employees' children aged five and over; what plans there are for increasing provision in the next five years; and how these are to be funded.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe Department does not currently provide child care provision for employees' children. There are no firm proposals for making such provision during the next five years, although the possibility of providing creche facilities for the Department's Darlington office is under consideration.