Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government to what extent Exercise Pegasus 2025 included members of both Houses of Parliament for oversight and scrutiny.

Exercise PEGASUS, the largest simulation of a pandemic in United Kingdom history, aimed to test our ability to respond to a pandemic, involving all regions and nations of the UK and thousands of participants, including Government ministers.

The live-simulation elements of the exercise took place on three non-sequential days with the exercise testing actions and decision making at specific points in time during a pandemic.

We have continued to engage both Houses of Parliament on the progress of the exercise, including by two Written Ministerial Statements. This engagement will continue as we progress phase four of the exercise, and the final post-exercise report and findings.