Childcare Settings: Financial Viability

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at on 4 February 2019.

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Photo of Huw Merriman Huw Merriman Conservative, Bexhill and Battle

Two of my childcare providers have closed, citing the requirement to pay business rates as the final nail for them. In Scotland and Wales, private childcare providers are not charged business rates. Will the Minister look to see what can be done, because it surely cannot be right that we tax space which is beautiful for young people to grow and be nurtured in?