Question reference: S1W-24460
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 26 March 2002
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Current status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 23 April 2002
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what childcare facilities it provides to civil servants; how many childcare places are actually provided, and what the demand is for the provision of childcare facilities.
Answer
The Executive currently provides the following childcare facilities for its staff:Two workplace nurseries, both in Edinburgh, which currently provide care for 66 children, andThree subsidised holiday play schemes, in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness. The schemes were attended by 41 children over the Easter and summer breaks last year.Twenty-seven staff are currently awaiting nursery places.We are currently undertaking a review of our childcare strategy provision to ensure that the childcare support we provide best meets the needs of staff, their families and those of the Executive.