PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Quarantine: Coronavirus (1 June 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of passengers entering the UK who cannot provide a residential address and will need to be provided with accommodation by the Government in order to comply with quarantine restrictions in response to the covid-19 pandemic.

Asked by:
Mark Pritchard (Conservative)

We don’t have an assessment of this data. However, we expect numbers to be very low. Passenger numbers in total have decreased by a significant amount and a very small proportion of those who do arrive in the UK will require Government provided accommodation. To ensure we have the resources in place to deal with this, we have setup a flexible accommodation booking service to ensure we can meet any arising demand.

Answered by:
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
9 June 2020