UK education secretary Gavin Williamson says he cannot give a date yet on when schools might go back during coronavirus crisis
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It is too soon to say when schools might return the UK education secretary said today.
Leading Sunday's Downing Street briefing Gavin Williamson said there were a number of options to consider, including whether younger pupils and those with exams could return to school first.
He said schools and parents would be given "proper notice" on any decision to begin allowing children to return to school.
Mr Williamson's education brief does not extend to Scotland.
Earlier Scotland's health secretary Jeane Freeman and national clinical director Professor Jason Leitch suggested the country could take a different approach from the rest of the UK towards any changes to lockdown measures, if evidence suggested it was right to do so.
It was also announced today that there have been a further 596 deaths from coronavirus across the UK.
A drop compared to previous death tolls, UK chief medical officer Jenny Harries said this was "very good news".
She added: "Things are heading in the right direction" but said it was too early to reach any firm conclusions on what the drop suggested.
