Council leader asks government for compensation for cancelled school trips

The Leader of Basildon Council has written to the Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson asking him to help out-of-pocket parents with financial compensation for cancelled school trips.

He said that many holiday insurance policies are not covering the period between the 12^thand 17^th of March. However, during this time many school holidays were cancelled after people responsibly acted on clear but “unofficial” advice from the Prime Minister.

In his letter sent yesterday Cllr Callaghan wrote that: “this money that these parents have lost on trips for the benefit of their children’s education is now sorely needed to plug the gaps in their personal finances created by furloughing, businesses shutting and, in some cases, redundancy,” and appealed to the Education Secretary to step in to help.

Read the full letter below:

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