Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the covid-19 lockdown rules that allow children to move between households in the UK in order to see their parents, whether parents who live abroad need to self-isolate to see their children.

Parents who live abroad must self-isolate when they enter the United Kingdom from any country except Ireland, unless they have a valid exemption. If they need to self-isolate, they may be able to pay for a COVID-19 test which may reduce the self-isolation period.