Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the economic impact of the covid-19 restrictions announced on 8 December 2021.

On 8 December, the government implemented its Plan B response to managing Covid-19. This was in response to the risks posed by the omicron variant. The government set out Plan B in its Autumn and Winter Plan, published in September 2021. Plan B has been designed to help control the spread of the virus while avoiding unduly damaging economic and social restrictions. A full assessment of the measures can be found in the link below.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-autumn-and-winter-plan-2021

The government will keep the data under constant review, and the government will continue to monitor the impacts of Plan B on the economy.