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<p>The government is committed to ensuring critical workers and vulnerable children
have access to childcare during the COVID-19 outbreak, and that the childcare market
is able to recover afterwards to enable parents with young children to return to work.
In order to support them to deliver this, the government has announced unprecedented
support for businesses, including for the early years sector.</p><p>The Department
for Education has published guidance for the early years sector on the support available
to them: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures#funding"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures#funding</a>.</p><p>The
Department for Education is having regular conversations with the sector and local
authorities about the availability of childcare, and will continue this as we move
through the COVID-19 outbreak to recovery.</p><p>Our latest collection of guidance
for schools and educational settings relating to COVID-19 is set out below:</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-schools-and-other-educational-settings"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-schools-and-other-educational-settings</a>.</p><p>These
are rapidly developing circumstances. We continue to keep the situation under review
and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.</p><p> </p>
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