Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what support and advice is available to visually impaired people in relation to social distancing guidelines and requirements.

We have published support and advice regarding social distancing for blind and visually impaired people in an online only format. The guidance explains how to minimise the risk of spreading COVID-19 while in unfamiliar settings, communicating with others, shopping and exercise. This guidance has been developed to permit support, including guiding, to be given whilst mitigating the risk of transmission as far as possible, informed by the available clinical evidence.