Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Working Parents and School Closures - Private Notice Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:00 pm on 18 January 2021.

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Photo of Baroness Penn Baroness Penn Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) 2:00, 18 January 2021

I say to my noble and learned friend that the decision to shut schools in England was taken by central government. However, we have set out clear, legally binding requirements for local authority and academy schools to provide high-quality remote education, equivalent in length to the core teaching pupils would have received in school: from three hours a day for key stage 1 to five hours a day for key stages 3 and 4.