Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to publish separate covid-19 guidance for adults living on their own who wish to return to their family home for the Christmas holiday.

Adults living alone are already able to form a ‘support bubble’ with one other household. This means that all members of the support bubble are treated as if they are one household including permitted overnight stays and no requirement to remain two metres apart. Usually the households concerned live in relatively close proximity to each other.

The Government is currently considering what arrangements should be put in place to permit social contact in as safe a way as possible after 2 December and keep the need for any additional guidance under continual review. By acting now through restrictions on social contact, we have the best chance of allowing more contact at Christmas. The need for any additional guidance will be kept under continual review.