Nurseries: Coronavirus

(asked on 24th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on flexibility for private nurseries that have been mandated to stay open during the covid-19 outbreak to allow their staff to go on furlough and then to bring them back into work should demand require it.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 21st April 2020

As both my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer have made clear, the Government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by COVID 19.

Our latest guidance on financial support for education, early years and children’s social care is set out below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-financial-support-for-education-early-years-and-childrens-social-care

These are rapidly developing circumstances; we continue to keep the situation under review and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.

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