Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to issue guidance to transport providers on the protection of workers who are vulnerable to infection from covid-19 because they (a) have an underlying health condition, are (b) immunocompromised or (c) immunosuppressed.

The Department will continue to provide clear guidance to transport operators on how to provide safer workplaces, based on The Health and Safety Executive guidance on protecting vulnerable workers. This includes measures that can be taken to assess and address the risks of COVID-19. This also includes guidance to operators that they should continue to support workers in high risk groups and discuss any concerns individuals may have around their particular circumstance.

The Department will also encourage transport operators to consider the reasonable adjustments needed for staff with underlying health conditions and how these fit with other obligations to workers arising from employment rights and equality legislation.

The Government has published guidance for those people who have been identified by the NHS as being clinically extremely vulnerable. There is different guidance for people living in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.