Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the range of workers that should be regarded as key workers for the purposes of giving access to schools for their children during the covid-19 outbreak.

The Government has published guidance on critical workers who can access schools or educational settings, which is available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision.

The definition of critical workers remains unchanged.

As we have made progress in reducing the transmission of COVID-19, we are encouraging all eligible children to attend schools or educational settings, even if parents are able to keep their children at home. This is only where there are no shielding concerns for the child or their household.