Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the change to the daily number of people visiting central London since 22 June.

This Government is working hard to support places as they recover from the impact of Covid-19. The first week of September has seen footfall increase on UK high streets by 2.6 percent, and between 22 June 2020 and 8 September 2020, retail footfall in Greater London has increased by 20 percentage points (source: Springboard).

There is also a daily publication of transport data relating to London available on gov.uk. This shows that on the 22 June tube and bus use was at 16% and 34% respectively when compared to previous years whilst on the 9 September tube use had increased 34% and bus to 58%[1].

We continue to work with a range of businesses, stakeholders and the Mayor to support central London’s economic recovery.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-use-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic