Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April to Question 35010 on Aviation: Coronavirus, how many inbound passengers were screened for covid-19 during the containment phase of the pandemic; and what steps were taken when passengers screened positively.

A form of enhanced monitoring was in place between 22 January – 12 March 2020 during the containment phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Over the entire monitoring period 129 ill passengers were identified and 59 of this group were taken for further assessment by the National Health Service. Of the 59, none tested positive for COVID-19.