§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the child care or nursery facilities within his Department; and what is the breakdown in their use(a) by grade and (b) by gender. [15242]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordMy Department provides 10 workplace nursery places in Westminster; three places at an inter-departmental nursery in Bristol and 12 places at the Building Research Establishment agency"s own nursery in Garston. Some of these places are shared by staff who work part time. The breakdown of current nursery users by grade and gender is as follows:
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Number Bristol Gender Grade Number Nurseries BRE Genger Grade Number Westminster Gender Grade 2 1M/1F EO 1 F G7 1 F G7 1 F PS 4 1F/3M SSO 2 F HEO 2 F TYP 8 5F/3M HEO 1 F/M 1HEO/G7 1 F Graphics 1 F/M 1HEO/EO Officer 1 F EO 2 F EO 1 M Photographer 1 F PS 3 2F/1M AO 2 1M/1F AO 1 F TYP 1 Both parents work for the Department. In addition to a holiday play scheme run by the Building Research Establishment, my Department supports interdepartmental holiday playschemes in Westminster, Birmingham, Bristol and Bedford. These schemes are open to the children of all staff. The take-up—by gender and grade of parent users—varies between location and holiday period. Available information on parents who have used the schemes in 1994–95 is as follows:
Use of playschemes in 1994–95 by grade and gender Number Grade Gender 1 G5 F 3 G6 M 7 G7 5M+2F 2 SEO 11F/1MG7 11F/1MHEO 1 SLIB F 7 SSO 4F+3M 1 HEOD M 12 HSO/HEO/HPTO 8F+4M 1 LIB F 9 EO/SO F 1 Graphics Officer F 8 AO 7F+1M 2 PS F 1 AA F 2 TYPIST F 1 Both parents work for the Department. Data cover all non-industrial staff in the DOE and its agencies.