§ Mr. MartlewTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all the military bases where creches are available; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HanleyCreche and child-minding facilities are available to service personnel and dependent parents on bases in the United Kingdom and overseas as a result of local initiatives. Details of these facilities are not, however, held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Child care legislation places no statutory obligation on the MOD to provide creche or child-minding facilities for service personnel or their dependants, and, as with the civilian population at large, service personnel are responsible for making their own arrangements for the care of their children and for meeting the costs involved.