Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2020 to Question 121858 on Coronavirus: Disease Control, if he will publish in full the advice referred to in that Answer in advance of the 23 December 2020.

In assessing the approach to take over Christmas, the Government considered advice from the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Advisor, alongside other scientific advice from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling, Operational sub-group (SPI-M-O) on both behaviours and transmission. These are available at the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sage-66-minutes-coronavirus-covid-19-response-5-november-2020

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spi-b-key-evidence-and-advice-on-celebrations-and-observances-during-covid-19-5-november-2020

SAGE and SPI-M advice has been published and is available at the following links:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/939078/S0904_SAGE69_201118_SPI-M-O_Consensus_Statement.pdf

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938977/S0909_Sixty-ninth_SAGE_meeting_on_Covid-19.pdf