Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to put in place targeted support for clinically extremely vulnerable people who have been unable to work since the move on 19 July 2021 to stage 4 of the Government's covid-19 roadmap.
Guidance for clinically extremely vulnerable individuals was published on 12 July 2021 and outlines the support that people can access. There are currently no further plans for support specifically aimed at clinically extremely vulnerable people.
Employers continue to have a legal responsibility to protect their employees and others from risks to their health and safety and be able to explain to their employees the measures they have in place to keep them safe at work. Employers may request employees to undertake regular testing for COVID-19 to identify people who are asymptomatic.