On 29 September the government updated the guidance to include a new section for students at university, information about childcare bubbles, and information on business closure times (in line with England guidance).
The affected areas of the local restrictions:
- Leicester (city council area)
- Oadby and Wigston (borough council area)
You can continue to use early years and childcare settings, including childminders and providers offering before or after school clubs or other out-of-school settings for children. You can also continue to employ nannies.
The following people can provide childcare support in private homes and gardens:
- registered childcare providers, including nannies
- people who are in your support bubble
- people who are in your childcare support bubble
Friends or family who do not live with you and are not part of a support or childcare bubble must not visit your home to help with childcare.
A support bubble is where a lone adult household with one adult joins with another household (on an exclusive basis).
A childcare bubble is where someone in one household can provide informal (unpaid and unregistered) childcare to a child aged 13 or under in an another. This must occur on an exclusive basis ‒ always the same two households.
The government recommends that you form a support bubble or childcare support bubble with a household that lives locally wherever possible. This will help to prevent the virus spreading from an area where there might be a higher rate of infection.
Children of parents who are separated can continue to move between households.
The contents of the guidance covers :
- Affected local areas
- Business and venue closures
- Social contact restrictions
- Travel restrictions
- Shielding
- Team sport and physical activity
- Weddings and funerals
- Religious ceremonies and places of worship
- Going to work
- Childcare
- Schools and colleges (face coverings)
- Universities and higher education
- Moving home
The guidance can be found here:gov.uk/guidance/leicester-lockdown-what-you-can-and-cannot-do#history