Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Question 39502 on Armed Forces: Childcare, which defence sites provide opportunities for local childcare.

Defence recognises that access to appropriate childcare can be an enabler to ensure our Serving personnel are able to fully perform their duties. While it is not a core output of Defence to provide childcare, in some areas where the local provision cannot meet the demand, childcare providers make use of buildings on the Defence Estate.

The requested information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.