Question: Will a childcare grant cover services I am being charged for but not using?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Get technology support for children and schools during coronavirus (COVID-19)
section_headers: Who can receive digital devices and internet access
section_content: Laptops and tablets will be provided for disadvantaged families, children and
young people who do not currently have access to them through another source,
such as their school. Digital devices can be requested for:

care leavers
children and young people aged 0 to 19 with a social worker
disadvantaged year 10 pupils

Internet access will be provided through 4G hotspot devices for any of the
following people who do not currently have it:

care leavers
young people aged 11 to 19 with a social worker
disadvantaged year 10 pupils

People aged 16 to 19 without a suitable device for education may be eligible
for support through the 16 to 19 Bursary
Fund.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Does not discuss childcare grants at all. It discusses tech which could potentially given to children
This answer is speaking of what will be given to disadvantaged families by way of laptops and tablets and internet access.

Reviewer ratings:
Bad
Bad

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus outbreak
section_headers: Funding
What will happen to funding for free childcare places during this period of disruption?
section_content: On 17 March 2020, the Chancellor confirmed that the government would continue
to pay local authorities for free early years entitlement places for 2-, 3-
and 4-year-olds.
We have published guidance on the use of free early education entitlements
funding setting out
how local authorities can use their free entitlement funding differently,
redistributing it - in exceptional cases and only when all other options have
been exhausted - in order to secure childcare for the children of critical
workers, and for vulnerable children, where their usual arrangements are no
longer possible.
Local authorities will need to ensure there are sufficient childcare places at
this time, and to redistribute funding across settings accordingly – in a
clearly focused and targeted way. This ability to redistribute free
entitlement funding in exceptional circumstances will enable local authorities
to ensure that critical workers, including NHS staff, are able to access
childcare where they need it. Any setting which sees their early entitlement
funding reduced, in order to fund childcare places elsewhere, will be able to
increase the proportion of their salary bill eligible for the Coronavirus Job
Retention Scheme in line with DfE’s guidance on financial support for
education, early years and children’s social
care on access to the scheme.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The article describes how local authorities would be able to use their funding differently in regards to childcare for critical workers and vulnerable children, but does not discuss childcare grants.
This answer references securing childcare. It does not address if the grant will still be paid.

Reviewer ratings:
Could be Improved
Bad

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Guidance for current students
section_headers: I am still being charged for childcare although my children cannot attend. Will my Childcare Grant still cover this?
section_content: Yes. If you are still being charged by your childcare provider, and you’re
still a student, your Childcare Grant will still be paid. The amount payable
will remain capped at 85% of the cost charged, or the maximum applicable rate
of Childcare Grant, whichever is lower.
If you use the Childcare Grant Payment Service, you will need to continue to
review the invoices and approve your Childcare Grant payments online.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Directly discusses the childcare grant and people will still be charged.
This answer addresses the concern of if the grant will still cover expenses being charged that are not being used.

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Excellent