This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Give support for child care to all workers in the public sector.
Volunteer are needed in Scotland to provide child care to children which parents are classed as key workers helping fight COVID19. Some key workers do not have support to look after their children. If they do not receive support for their children to be looked after, they can't go to work.
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My little brother has been denied acceptance into the child care support package for key workers of the NHS. Children who's parents are nurses and doctors have been given more priority. My mum is a NHS worker and she was denied because there are not enough volunteers to look after children whos parents are fighting this virus. As a consequence my mum can't go to work next week because she doesn't have anyone to look after her son. We need more support for key workers for the public sector.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Childcare is a devolved matter in Scotland, so the responsibility of the Scottish Government and Scottish local authorities.
You could petition the Scottish Parliament about this issue: https://www.parliament.scot/gettinginvolved/petitions/
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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