Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that charities that provide residential trips for school children are eligible for extensions to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme provided to the tourism and leisure sectors.

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will remain open until October and the Chancellor of the Exchequer has said there will be no further extensions or changes to the scheme, including to the tourism and leisure sectors.

It would be challenging to target the CJRS to specific sectors in a fair and deliverable way, and it may not be the case that this is the most effective or sensible way to provide longer term support for those sectors most affected by coronavirus.