Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have applied for a deferred repayment plan in relation to the managed quarantine charge.

For the period 14 February to 17 March, excluding cancellations, there have been 1,252 bookings for managed quarantine hotels which applied for a deferred repayment plan. Their eligibility for the income related benefits that would entitle them to claim is currently being assessed.