Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of its ability to reduce the number of people coming into the UK from the current figure of 20,000 to the current hotel capacity which will be used for quarantining people.

It is illegal to travel abroad without a legally permitted reason to do so. Police officers will be deployed at airports and ports to support the enforcement of these regulations, including checking the reason for passengers’ journeys.

We are keeping demand for managed quarantine facilities under close review and are ready to put in place arrangements for additional capacity should it be required.