Coronavirus: Govt to ‘look at’ fines given to families in lockdown after vicar puts Hancock on spot
Written by News on 26/05/2020
Fines given to people who have broken lockdown rules to access childcare will be “looked at” by the government, the health secretary has said.
At the government’s daily coronavirus press briefing, a vicar called Martin from Brighton asked Matt Hancock: “Will the government review all penalty fines imposed on families travelling for childcare purposes during lockdown?”
The question comes after days of criticism of Dominic Cummings, a senior Number 10 adviser, who travelled to Durham from London to seek childcare for his four-year-old child in case him and his wife became “incapacitated” by COVID-19.
Mr Hancock replied: “We do understand the impact and the need for making sure that children get adequate childcare. That is one of the significant concerns that we’ve had all the way through this.
“So I think especially coming from a man of the cloth, that is perfectly reasonable to take away that question. I’ll have to talk to my treasury colleagues before I can answer it in full and we’ll look at it and if we can get your details I’ll make sure we can write to you with a full answer and make an announcement from this podium.”
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