Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to seek early access to the forthcoming update of the Cochrane review on physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses to help ensure thatpolicy recommendations for this winter are informed by that review.

We have no plans to do so. All guidance is kept under regular review to ensure it remains appropriate to reduce the risks posed by respiratory pathogens in the community, in care and other settings.