Written question asked by Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 May 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 May 2021. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 May 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Coronavirus: Quarantine
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many requests the covid-19 quarantine exemptions team receives on average each day; what proportion of those requests relate to (a) seeing dying relatives and (b) funerals; whether requests for exemption are triaged based on urgency; and what the average time taken is to consider and decide requests.
- Answer
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The average daily request for temporary exemptions is approximately 31 per day. The proportion of temporary exemptions relating to seeing dying relatives and attending funerals is approximately 50% each. All cases are considered on their own merits and are not triaged in order of urgency.
Information on the average time for cases to be considered is not collected in the format requested.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 3112
- Session
- 2021-22
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- Subjects
- Exemptions Funerals Quarantine Coronavirus
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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