Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when care home restrictions will be lifted.

We are currently reviewing our guidance and we will set out the next steps shortly.

We regularly review and update guidance to ensure it is necessary and proportionate, considering clinical advice and other priorities such as maintaining safe staffing levels and residents having meaningful contact with loved ones. The restrictions currently in place to keep care home residents safe will be removed as soon as it is safe to do so.