Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) UK Border Force and (b) UK Visas and Immigration staff have (i) had to self-isolate due to presenting symptoms and (ii) have tested positive for covid-19 in each week since 1 January 2020.

The attached table shows at column C the number of Border Force and UK Visas and Immigration employees who have been recorded as beginning a period of sickness absence due to COVID-19 symptoms.

Column D shows the number of employees recorded as beginning a period of isolation at home on paid special leave either because a member of their household has COVID-19 symptoms or because the employee themselves is vulnerable / extremely vulnerable to infection.

We do not hold data centrally on those employees who have mild symptoms and are well enough to continue to work from home, or who are isolating at home but are able to work from home and therefore do not need to take paid special leave.

We do not hold data centrally on the outcomes of COVID-19 testing of our employees.