Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the contracts signed with hotel providers for hotel border quarantine included food standards to meet Department of Health and Social Care's recommendations on (a) daily fruit and vegetable intake, (b) other aspects of healthy daily nutrition; what mechanisms are in place to monitor the (i) quality and (ii) timeliness of the food provided; if he will take steps to ensure that the food provided is good quality, nutritious and provided on time; and if he will make a statement.

We have contracted with Corporate Travel Management to provide hotels. Hotels are given operating procedures which provide instructions to deliver three meals per day to be chosen from a menu and ordered by guests. Fresh fruit is included in the rooms and guests can request additional vegetables as required. It is also possible for those quarantining to have additional items delivered to them during the quarantine period such as food deliveries or via room service at the guest’s own cost. Guest feedback is used to monitor food choice, timeliness and quality.