Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted for breaching covid-19 restrictions since January 2022.

Answered by Heidi Alexander - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice holds data on convictions for breaching coronavirus regulations covering the period requested and this can be viewed in the Outcomes by Offence tool: December 2023.

Specific offences of note include the following HO codes:

16857 – Failure to comply with screening restriction/requirement (coronavirus)

16858 – Operator of Port fails to comply with direction under Coronavirus Act 2020

16859 – Offences by potentially infectious persons (coronavirus)

16860 – Breach of emergency period restrictions (coronavirus)

16861 – Offences in relation to events and gatherings (coronavirus)

These can be accessed by navigating to the ‘Prosecutions and convictions’ tab and using the HO Offence Code filter to select an above offence in the Outcomes by Offence data tool.

Found: The temporary nature of the UC uplift was noted in t he Coronavirus Act 2020 .

Found: and ordering businesses to close , for example, were passed under this “urgency” procedure .14 The Coronavirus

Found: 48. 16 In Schedule 5 to the Enterprise Act 2016, omit paragraph 10. 17 In Schedule 7 to the Coronavirus

Found: 16 In Schedule 5 to the Enterprise Act 2016, omit paragraph 10. 10 17 1 In Schedule 7 to the Coronavirus

Found: non-motoring 168 Public Health Offence 16858 - Operator of Port fails to comply with direction under Coronavirus

Found: reflect the temporary changes to the Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008 provided for in the Coronavirus

Found: reflect the temporary changes to the Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008 provided for in the Coronavirus

Found: These measures were provided by Section 45 of the Coronavirus Act, from March 2020 to March 2022, which

Found: coronavirus-related NHS activities are covered by CNSC by direction from Secretary of State under section 11 of the Coronavirus

Found: coronavirus-related NHS activities are covered by CNSC by direction from Secretary of State under section 11 of the Coronavirus

Found: These included the protection provided by the Coronavirus Act 2020 to social and private tenants to delay

Found: These measures were provided by Section 45 of the Coronavirus Act, from March 2020 to March 2022, which

Found: The CJRS was introduced pursuant to the Coronavirus Act 2020 by way of Treasury direction.

Found: These provisions were introduced by the DHSC as part of the Coronavirus Act 2020.

Found: The Government introduced the additional indemnity cover under the Coronavirus Act 2020 to meet clinical

Found: The Government introduced the additional indemnity cover under the Coronavirus Act 2020 to meet clinical

Found: Ministers wrote to local authorities to explain that temporary powers permitting remote meetings in the Coronavirus

Found: offices have been closed to members of the public since March 26, 2020, and powers taken in the Coronavirus

Found: : • A procedural change made to the recording of international crime, from 1 April 2020; • The Coronavirus

Found: The Coronavirus Act 2020 and Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

Found: include: • The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, which came into force on 1 April 2019 • The Coronavirus