Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have (i) requested and (ii) received from the Government's Chief Scientific Advisor and Chief Medical Officer on the Government's Living with covid strategy in the context of daily recorded deaths from covid-19 since 21 February 2022.

We are unable to provide the information requested as it would be prejudicial to the effective conduct of public affairs by inhibiting the free and frank provision of advice.