Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September 2020 to Question 86107 on Coronavirus: Disease Control, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the spike in covid-19 infection rates of people (a) under 30 years old and (b) under 25 years old in (i) York and (ii) the UK.

Further recent national increases in case numbers reported among under 30 year olds are reflected in the pattern of cases seen in York.

There has been a particular increase in both incidence and test positivity in 17-21 year olds across the country which is not seen in younger age groups.

The sharp increase in the number of cases over the past few weeks particularly affecting young age groups may be accounted for in student areas and wider community transmission.