Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that refugees and asylum seekers have access to information on the covid-19 outbreak in languages other than English.

The Home Office are engaging with the wider Voluntary and Community sector via the British Red Cross to ensure that the refugees and migrants they are supporting are aware of the Government advice and are clear about the importance of adhering to it.

All asylum accommodation providers continue to provide translated public health guidance, available in 12?languages, and instructions to service users.??Where appropriate, service users are supported to ensure that they can self-isolate effectively.

Public Health England is also coordinating engagement through its local centres, linking into local authorities and their Directors of Public Health.? They have also translated advice on social distancing and self-isolation into multiple languages, in addition to material provided by Doctors of the World, which is based on the Government’s advice.?This advice can be found within the Migrant Health Guide at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-entitlements-migrant-health-guide#main-messages.