Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure people arriving in the UK from red list countries are not mixing with people arriving from other countries (a) as they queue for and clear passport control and (b) elsewhere in UK airports.

We have worked closely with airports to ensure the arrangements made to deal with arrivals are appropriate at each site where the managed quarantine service is operating. For those arriving at a designated port, we have introduced special measures including separating arrivals from ‘red list’ locations in the arrivals hall. Should this not be possible for any reason, strict social distancing measures must still be adhered to throughout the airport. Red list arrivals are met by security officials and escorted to baggage reclaim, before taking pre-booked transportation to their quarantine hotel.