To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what studies of day care, to enable mothers to take up employment, have been undertaken.

The Department constantly monitors research in this area and is aware of a number of such studies. Main studies include: (1) Brannen, J. and Moss, P. "New Mothers at work". Unwin, 1988, (2) Cohen, B. "Caring for children". Commission for the European Communities, 1988, (3) Institute of Manpower Studies Commentary number 43 "Retaining women employees, 1990", (4) Institute of Personnel Management "Work and the family, 1990", and (5) Moss, P. "Childcare and equality of opportunity". Consolidated report to the European Commission, 1988.Journals such as "Equal Opportunities Review" and "Industrial Relations—Review and Report" have also conducted their own small surveys.