Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has incorporated health passports into its contingency planning for a second wave of covid-19 infections.

We first need to improve our understanding of the science around immunity in order to fully understand the potential of health passports or certification in our response to this pandemic.

In order to gain answers to critical questions regarding the strength and duration of any immunity following recovery from COVID-19, the United Kingdom Government is conducting some of the biggest studies in the world. This includes using lab-based tests to monitor the number of people that are presenting an antibody response and how this response changes over time.

The response to COVID-19 continues to be guided by the science.