Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many employees of his Department make use of the childcare vouchers scheme.

There are currently 173 staff making use of the Department’s free childcare voucher and salary sacrifice childcare voucher schemes.

From this total, 25 staff are in receipt of free childcare vouchers paid for by the Department. A further 57 staff are paying a salary sacrifice in exchange for childcare vouchers and are not in receipt of free vouchers. A further 91 staff are in receipt of a combination of free childcare vouchers and vouchers paid for by salary sacrifice.