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<p>The Government is providing extra security to nurseries and childminders that are
open by ‘block-buying’ childcare places for the rest of 2020 at the level the Government
would have funded before coronavirus, regardless of how many children are attending.</p><p>
</p><p>This means that even if providers are open but caring for fewer children, as
a result of low demand from parents or due to public health reasons, they can continue
to be funded for the autumn term at broadly the levels they would have expected to
see in the 2020 autumn term had there been no coronavirus outbreak. This gives another
term of secure income to nurseries and childminders that are open for children who
need them.</p><p> </p><p>Early years settings will continue to benefit from £3.6 billion
of planned funding in 2020-21 to create free early education and childcare places
for children.</p><p> </p><p>The SEISS is one element of a comprehensive package of
support for individuals and businesses. This package includes Bounce Back loans, tax
deferrals, rental support, mortgage holidays, and other business support grants. More
information about the full range of business support measures is available at www.gov.uk/government/collections/financial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covid-19.</p>
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