§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what action she is taking to ensure that a good quality child minding service is available nationwide for working parents who require it.
§ Mr. McLoughlinOn 16 December 1992 my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, announced an out-of-school child care grant with £45 million of Government funding over the next three years, to help create 50,000 after-school and holiday childcare places for the over-fives. Training 699W and enterprise councils in England and Wales, and local enterprise companies in Scotland, will develop their own local plans which may include child minding on domestic premises.