Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will suspend evictions in regions with additional covid-19 public health restrictions.

The Government is clear that evictions should not be carried out in areas where gatherings are not permitted in homes. Enforcement agents should not, therefore, carry out evictions in regions that have been classified as Local Alert Level 2 (high) or 3 (very high). This position has been set out in HMCTS’s operational guidance for County Court bailiffs and in guidance from the Lord Chancellor to the High Court Enforcement Officers’ Association. The Government is keeping this approach under review.