Work-life Balance
19th December 2007
Dr. Francis: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of (a) the effect of care responsibilities on the work-life balance for employees and (b) the merits of introducing employer-supported adult care voucher schemes. [109265]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The information requested is as follows.
(a) The Department has commissioned a number of surveys that may be used to estimate the effect of care responsibilities on the work-life balance of employees. The most recent surveys have been the Second Flexible Working Employee Survey published in 2005 and Third Work-Life Balance Employees Survey, the executive summary for which was published in autumn 2006, with the full survey report due for publication in early 2007. These survey results are published in the Department's Employment Relations Research Series and are available on the DTI website.
(b) I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 18 December 2006, Official Report, column 1541W.
