Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will extend Exceptional Assurance from four weeks to six months for people who are unable to travel to their home country due to the covid-19 pandemic.

Each request for Exceptional Assurance is dealt with on its own merits and the end date is under constant review.

There is no condition in place limiting Exceptional Assurance to a maximum of four weeks.