Child Care

Mr. Dismore
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the answer of 5 July 2006, Official Report, column 1082W, on child care, how many staff, and at what grades, took advantage of the child care voucher scheme; and what the total annual cost is of the scheme.

Nick Harvey
Currently 116 House of Commons staff claim child care vouchers. The scheme records do not include details of the pay bands of the staff concerned. The cost of the scheme for the last full year (2005-06) was £215,000.