Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to update its guidance, Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19), to include people who are immunosuppressed or clinically extremely vulnerable.

The existing ‘Working Safely’ guidance will be withdrawn from 1 April 2022. The UK Health Security Agency will publish public health advice for employers, describing the actions that employers may take to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections in the workplace.

Whilst there will no longer be a requirement for employers to carry out a COVID-19 specific health and safety risk assessment for their workplace, businesses and employers should continue to comply with their existing obligations, including their duty of care to protect the health safety and welfare of their employees and other people who might be affected by their business.