Petition · past parliament
Include childcare providers in coronavirus package of economic support
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
The chancellor has just announced that the hospitality and leisure industries will be supported over the coming months. This petition is to include childcare providers in the same measures to ensure they also survive this crisis.
Our nurseries are critical to ensuring working parents can continue to work.
If nurseries have to close due to the coronavirus crisis, their terms of business mean that fees may not be payable, and even where not the case, many parents are likely to remove their children as they cannot afford to continue to pay or due to health concerns. When this is over, we all want our children to return to their nurseries, to familiar staff and settings. Please help our childcare providers survive this!
If nurseries have to close due to the coronavirus crisis, their terms of business mean that fees may not be payable, and even where not the case, many parents are likely to remove their children as they cannot afford to continue to pay or due to health concerns. When this is over, we all want our children to return to their nurseries, to familiar staff and settings. Please help our childcare providers survive this!
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:
Make nurseries exempt from business rates to support the childcare sector
Give UK nurseries emergency funding if they have to close down amid COVID-19
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
Make nurseries exempt from business rates to support the childcare sector
Give UK nurseries emergency funding if they have to close down amid COVID-19
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
Timeline
| 17 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 6 Apr 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
6 Apr 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.