Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Coronavirus Act 2020 has been extended for a further six months; and if he will make a statement.

All the temporary, non-devolved provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020 (‘the Act’) have now either expired or been repealed. The final temporary, non-devolved provisions in the Act expired at the end of 24 September 2022.

The Act contains a number of permanent provisions, which do not automatically expire. Many of these provisions preserve the legal effect of certain actions taken during the lifespan of the temporary provisions in the Act.

The Act is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament and provides devolved powers which are the responsibility of the respective Devolved Governments to which they extend. Each Devolved Government has its own arrangements for reporting on the powers within their legislative competence.