PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Disease Control (11 March 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his department's guidance is for extremely clinically vulnerable people who are shielding and have children who have returned to school as the covid-19 restrictions are eased.

Asked by:
Fleur Anderson (Labour)

Clinically extremely vulnerable individuals are advised to shield until 31 March, at which point new guidance will be issued.

Shielding advice is only for the clinically extremely vulnerable person and does not extend to other members of the household, such as children, who should continue to attend their school or college. In a household containing someone considered clinically extremely vulnerable, it is particularly important to follow Government guidance on social distancing. More guidance about living in a household with someone who is considered clinically extremely vulnerable is available at the following link:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/guidance-for-households-with-grandparents-parents-and-children-living-together-where-someone-is-at-increased-risk-or-has-symptoms-of-coronavirus-cov

Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
17 March 2021