Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Government placed the UAE on the red list for travel.

Decisions to place countries, including UAE, on the ‘red list’ are taken by the Government to protect public health. They are informed by evidence including the Joint Biosecurity Centre’s risks assessments alongside wider public health factors.

The advice, evidence and methodology which informs these decisions relates to on-going development of Government policy and we are unable to provide this specific information at this time.