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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-03-23more like thismore than 2020-03-23
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Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Nurseries: Coronavirus more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department will underwrite losses incurred by private nurseries that have been mandated to stay open by Government during the covid-19 pandemic. more like this
tabling member constituency Canterbury more like this
tabling member printed
Rosie Duffield more like this
uin 33676 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-04-21more like thismore than 2020-04-21
answer text <p>The government has set out specific measures to support childcare providers during the COVID-19 outbreak:</p><ul><li>We will continue to pay funding to local authorities for the early years entitlements for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds</li><li>To support private nurseries, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has also announced that they will be eligible for a business rates holiday for one year from 1 April</li></ul><p> </p><p>Childcare providers will also benefit from the wider measures the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced to support the people and businesses of the UK:</p><ul><li>A three-point plan announced in the Budget providing £12 billion of support for public services, individuals and businesses whose finances are affected by the outbreak</li><li>A package to provide additional support for businesses and individuals totalling £350 billion</li><li>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms continue to keep people in employment. This means that businesses can put workers on temporary leave and the government will pay them cash grants of 80% of their wages up to a cap of £2,500, providing they keep the worker employed</li><li>A scheme to help the UK’s self-employed who are affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The new Self-Employed Income Support Scheme will enable those eligible to receive a cash grant worth 80% of their average monthly trading profit over the last three years. This covers 95% of people who receive the majority of their income from self-employment</li><li>On 28 March, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, announced that the government will also temporarily suspend the wrongful trading provisions to give company directors greater confidence to use their best endeavours to continue trading during this outbreak, without the threat of personal liability should the company ultimately fall into insolvency.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The government is also providing the following additional support:</p><ul><li>deferral of Self-Assesment income tax payments due in July 2020</li><li>VAT payments due with VAT returns between now and the end June 2020 will be deferred. UK VAT registered businesses will not need make those payments until March 2021</li><li>grants for businesses that pay little or no bussiness rates</li><li>increased amounts of Universal Credit</li><li>the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme</li></ul><p> </p><p>The latest guidance from the department for early years and childcare providers can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures</a> and</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-financial-support-for-education-early-years-and-childrens-social-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-financial-support-for-education-early-years-and-childrens-social-care</a>.</p>
answering member constituency Chelmsford more like this
answering member printed Vicky Ford more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-04-21T16:26:11.323Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-21T16:26:11.323Z
answering member
4674
label Biography information for Vicky Ford more like this
tabling member
4616
label Biography information for Rosie Duffield more like this