Source · Select Committees · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Recommendation 6
6
Given the large number of areas where the Government was unable to provide the Committee...
Conclusion
Given the large number of areas where the Government was unable to provide the Committee with information and answers in regards to: criteria against which the Covid-Status Certification 31 efficacy of that system is to be assessed; the cost-benefit analysis proposals; modelling of different scenarios with and without a certificate system, combined with the Minister’s own assessment that the case of a Covid-status certificate system is “finely balanced”, the Committee does not think the Government has made a case for any form of domestic Covid-status certification system. (Paragraph 28) Concerns and uncertainty with Covid-status certifications
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The COVID-Status Certification Review: Report publication sets out that the Government believes that certification would provide a public health benefit. It is therefore right that the Government has made the NHS COVID Pass available, through the NHS app, NHS. uk and letter, so that individuals can demonstrate their COVID status. The Government has been clear that the NHS COVID Pass is a tool that organisations can use to help limit the risk of transmission in their venues and events as the country reopens. Because of this, the Government is encouraging the use of the NHS COVID Pass for entry to nightclubs and other venues where large crowds gather as a safer way to reopen.