Updates for 22 April:
A quarter of nurseries remain open
Latest government statistics show that only a quarter (26 per cent) of childcare facilities remain open with 45 per cent reported to have closed. The status of a further 29 per cent is unknown.
The figures come days after the government made a "shock U-turn" on furlough funding for settings.
Childcare provider Busy Bees has said it will keep 100 of its 379 settings open across the UK and Ireland.
Low numbers of vulnerable children attend school
Just five per cent of all children classed as “children in need” or those with an education, health and care (EHC) plan have attended schools in England and Wales this month.
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