Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will reconsider the covid-19 quarantine restrictions for (a) seafarers and (b) people working in the offshore oil and gas industry.

All exemptions to the border measures are kept under regular review. The Government has introduced an exemption to managed quarantine for seamen and masters and inspectors and surveyors of ships. Offshore oil and gas workers must quarantine, but they can leave their accommodation when conducting the specific exempt activity or travelling directly to and from their accommodation and a location for the purposes of this work.