Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to provide financial support to district councils for the provision of covid-secure marshals.

The Government has provided local authorities with an unprecedented £3.7 billion in?unringfenced?funding to support them in responding to the pandemic, as well as further funding for adult social care and to support local outbreak planning. We will provide further details on marshals in due course.