Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of social care workers that have (a) tested positive for covid-19 and (b) are taking time off work with suspected covid-19.

As of 26 April 2020, 34,000 care workers have been referred for testing. NHS England’s Capacity Tracker includes any posts that are not currently filled, alongside staff members who are off-sick or self-isolating at that point in time. The Government therefore does not currently collect disaggregated data on the number of care workers who are taking time off with suspected COVID-19.