Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the cross border travel measures taken in response to covid-19 in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
Implementation of COVID-19 border health measures for international travel was undertaken through department-led programmes. The costs of implementing individual measures were considered at a departmental level and tracked through standard budget management procedures. The Department for Transport did not incur any direct programme costs in 2020-21 and 2021-22 from implementing COVID-19 border health measures.