Children: Day Care

(asked on 23rd March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) childminders and (b) other childcare providers outside of formal nursery settings will be required to provide childcare to critical workers and parents of vulnerable children during the covid-19 pandemic.


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

To limit the chance of the COVID-19 spreading, the government has asked parents to keep their children at home, wherever possible, and asked education settings to remain open only for children of critical workers and the most vulnerable. This applies to Ofsted-registered childcare settings, including childminders, nurseries and wraparound childcare and clubs (before and after school, and holiday care).

Guidance for early years settings is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures.

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