§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what child care facilities his Department provides for its employees; what facilities were provided in 1992; and how many employees have used child care facilities in each year since 1992. [6455]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe Scottish Office provides child care facilities for its employees in two workplace nurseries. The first nursery opened in 1992 and 12 full-time places were made available. In 1995 we opened the second, which offers an additional 36 full-time places. At present, 63 employees use these facilities on a full and part-time basis. We do not hold statistics about the cumulative number of staff using the facilities each year.