Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of existing health inequalities on the spread of covid-19.

On 22 October the Minister for Equalities, (Kemi Badenoch MP) published the first quarterly report to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on progress to tackle COVID-19 disparities experienced by individuals from an ethnic minority background, making 13 recommendations. This includes reviewing the effectiveness and impact of current actions being undertaken by Government departments as well as taking action to modify existing policy and policy in development, to address these disparities. All of which the Prime Minister has accepted.