Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that bereaved families of workers who move to the UK will recieve the same level of protection provided to workers under European free movement legislation.

As set out in the announcement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 27 April, family members of NHS workers who die as a result of contracting Coronavirus (Covid-19) will receive a £60,000 payment from the Government.

In addition, the Home Secretary has confirmed we will grant immediate Indefinite Leave to Remain to families of NHS health workers who die as a result of contracting Coronavirus.