Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential spread of covid-19 infection in the hospitality sector; and what assessment his Department has made of how that sector is able to operate while minimising risk.

COVID-19 and Test and Trace programme data is used to understand risk factors for contracting the virus and understanding transmission better. This data includes individuals’ occupation and exposure activities, for example within hospitality venues, in the time before onset of symptoms or the positive test. Public Health England (PHE) publishes weekly influenza and COVID-19 surveillance reports here and this includes data on suspected and confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks by setting:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports