Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what public awareness campaigns the Government plans to undertake on arrangements in relation to local lockdowns in the next two months.

We are delivering a tailored campaign approach to local areas on the ‘watchlist’. Activities include messaging on key protective behaviours – social distancing, hand washing, and use of face coverings; as well as testing and isolation for those who have symptoms.

We are developing national, regional and local partnerships to facilitate disseminating information, particularly among more specific communities and religious groups. We are supporting the development of communications toolkits to assist local authorities around specific events that present risks, including religious festivals. A wide range of assets and community support initiatives have also been developed for local use; sharing best practices and training sessions; translations in up to 11 languages; central funding for specific local translation needs not met by existing content.