Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the number of COVID-19 (1) cases, and (2) deaths, since April 2020 of the "engaging, explaining, encouraging and enforcing" strategy introduced by police forces in England and Wales in relation to the restrictions in place to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
No specific assessment has been made.
The Government will continue to monitor and assess the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions of all types in curbing the spread of COVID-19 and consider what further actions are needed.