Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will conduct a regulatory impact assessment of the effect of PHE guidance on 2 metre social distancing during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

To help ensure implementation of its ‘Stay alert, control the virus and save lives’ strategy, the Government regularly reviews the impact of Public Health England’s (PHE) two metre social distancing guidance, collaborating closely with PHE to ensure its guidance is kept up to date as the regulations change in light of latest medical and scientific evidence.