Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Ed Balls said themain aim was 'to help as many of these schools and early years settingsas possible to re-open at permanent premises by the start of theSeptember term'.
The money comes in addition to the 14m already allocated to localauthorities for flood repairs.
Mr Balls' new department pledged to assess the flood damage and allocatefunding and support on a case-by-case basis. Children's ministerBeverley Hughes and schools minister Jim Knight will be in charge of theimplementation of the programme for flood recovery.
Horn End Nursery in Stafford is one of dozens of early years settingsthat were forced to shut and find alternative accommodation after heavyrain caused flooding in June (News, 19 July, 5 July). Nursery managerDeborah Falshaw is now accommodating all 45 children in a children'scentre creche and a Sea Scouts headquarters.
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