Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff from his Department work in the quarantine Exemptions team as of 1 April 2021; and what the average number of staff working on shift within the Exemptions team is at (a) 6.00AM, (b) 12.00PM, (c) 6.00PM and (d) 12.00AM.

The Managed Quarantine Service Operations Centre considers requests for exemptions from quarantine. As of 1 April 2021, the unit has 60 staff who operate a seven-day shift pattern. The average number of staff at the requested times is shown in the following table.