The health secretary might back the scrapping of passenger locator forms for all international arrivals in England before Easter. All travellers except those who arrive in internal flights or journeys that began in Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man – have to complete a passenger locator form before beginning their journey to the UK.
When border controls were much stricter, this form became a requirement and it allowed officials to ensure that people follow quarantine rules.
Though it was simplified over time, the Ryanair boss, Michael O’Leary, complained that scraping forms should have been done earlier. He called them “completely irrelevant” because “nobody collects them, nobody checks them or follows upon them”.
