Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with covid-19 who have entered the UK since 1 March 2020.
There is no data to identify the number of people with COVID-19 who have entered the United Kingdom since 1 March 2020.
Between 22 January and 12 March, Public Health England (PHE) put in place an enhanced monitoring package which included expert health system advice from the PHE Port Health team at London Heathrow and local Health Protection Teams ready to identify symptomatic passengers and meet planes if required.