Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of a potential disparity in the rates of Fixed Penalty Notices issued to people from ethnic minority groups in respect of covid-19 face-covering requirements.

Throughout the pandemic the Government has conducted in-depth assessments as to the impacts of proposed policies, including on groups with protected characteristics. The Government will also continue to work closely with policing partners to ensure that restrictions set out in the regulations are reasonably and lawfully enforced.