PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Quarantine (13 July 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) aerospace and (b) cybersecurity workers are exempt from quarantining when arriving in the UK if they carry out that work in another country and are returning to the UK.

Asked by:
Mark Tami (Labour)

The list of travellers exempt from quarantine can be found here (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules/coronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules).

Passengers arriving from exempt countries and territories no longer need to self-isolate when entering England from 10^th July.

Travellers will need to self-isolate if they visited or made a transit stop (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-travel-corridors#transit-stops) in a country that is not on the list in the 14 days before they arrive in England.

Public health remains our top priority, and we will not hesitate to remove countries and territories from the list if the health risks are seen to increase.

Devolved administrations make their own decisions around public health measures in place and so it is important for travellers to familiarise themselves with the latest position in the nation of the UK they are travelling to.

Answered by:
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
16 July 2020