Coronavirus: Disease Control

(asked on 19th February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the covid-19 lockdown on young couples that live apart with their respective parents; and if he will permit the formation of relationship bubbles to enable those couples to meet.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 24th February 2021

Under the current restrictions a couple who live apart can only form a support bubble if they fulfil the eligibility criteria. We recognise that not everyone who would like to form a support bubble will be able to do so. This is because the formation of a support bubble and therefore the ability to have close contact with those you do not live with, carries transmission risks. As such the eligibility criteria is necessarily limited to smaller households most in need of support that cannot be facilitated by other means and in other settings.

We continue to keep the eligibility criteria under review.

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