Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make available a package of support for travel agents, tour operators and travel management companies equivalent to the support available for the hospitality sector.

On 21 December, we announced an additional £100m of discretionary funding through the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG), which local authorities can use to support businesses in the travel sector, such as travel agents and tour operators. This is on top of the up to £250m that LAs have left from previous funding allocations and is available until the end of March 2022.

Plan B has been designed to help control the virus's spread while avoiding unduly damaging economic and social restrictions.

The Government continues to provide considerable support for businesses into spring next year. This is part of around £400bn of direct support for the economy during this financial year and last, which has helped to safeguard jobs, businesses and public services in every region and nation of the UK through the pandemic.