Childcare Provision for Staff
Reference: 24-25220
Date response sent: 04/09/2024
Details of enquiry
The questions relate to Childcare provision for employed staff.
If there are any questions that are exempt from answering, please advise us as to which section of the act they are covered by.
Response sent
| Employer Name | The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust |
| Number of staff directly employed | 789 (as at 31/07/2024)
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| Date of Return | 03 September 2024 |
Please can you answer the following questions listed below:
SUPPORT WITH CHILDCARE PLACES
Do you provide support for staff to access childcare places? (Tick all that apply)
| Workplace nursery/creche | No |
| Directly contracted childcare places with an external provider | No |
If you offer a workplace nursery, please answer the following:
| It is run solely by your organisation? | N/A |
| Run in partnership with other employers? | N/A |
| What are the operating times of the Nursery? | N/A |
| Are nursery staff directly employed on Agenda for change terms and conditions? | N/A |
| Are staff using the nursery able to use salary sacrifice arrangements to save on Tax and National Insurance Contributions? | N/A |
| Do you provide any free places? | N/A |
| If yes please describe: | |
| Do you provide any discounted places? | N/A |
| If yes please describe: | |
| Are staff allowed to use salary sacrifice arrangements to save on Tax and National Insurance Contributions? |
N/A |
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| Do you fund any free places? | N/A | |
| If yes please describe: | ||
| Do you fund any discounted places? | N/A | |
| If yes please describe: | ||
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR CHILDCARE COSTS
Do you provide childcare vouchers to staff who joined pre-2018?
No (We did do this, but all of the agreements have now run out.)
| Are staff allowed to use salary sacrifice arrangements to save on Tax and National Insurance Contributions? | No |
Do you make an employer contribution to your employees’ government tax free child accounts?
No
If yes, please describe:
Do you provide any other kinds of support to help staff with the cost of childcare – for example an allowance?
No
If yes please describe:
NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE AND ACCESS TO SALARY SACRIFICE
In the past year have you had to remove access to salary sacrifice arrangements linked to payment for childcare for any groups of staff in order to remain compliant with statutory minimum wage requirements?
No
| Yes | No |
| If answered yes, were you able to offer any mitigating measures? | No |
| How many staff and which pay bands were affected? | |