Who is permitted to stay with us during the Covid 19 Pandemic

We have had many enquiries from people who want to book a night away during the current Corona Virus Lockdown.  As the Government has stipulated we must Stay Alert, Control the Virus and Save Lives.

It is important that our customers realise that under the current situation we are only permitted to accommodate certain persons. We will NOT be able to accommodate you at present if you do not fit into one of the following catagories.  This is the Law and failing to follow these guidelines are likely to lead to prosecution .  The latest list of Key & Critical workers and people to stay away from home was published today 5th June 2020.  Please ensure that if you are travelling and want to book accommodation with us you must be able to evidence it. Please see below

Guidance for Accommodation Providers

Hotels and other accommodation providers may provide services to those listed below:

• People who live in the accommodation permanently as their main residence.
• Any person who is unable to return to their main residence, including non-UK residents who are unable to travel to their country of residence during this period.
• Those isolating themselves from others as required by law.
• Any critical worker that is part of the effort to deal with coronavirus, if the stay is necessary for their work. The list of critical workerswas published by the Cabinet Office and Department for Education on 19 March 2020 and updated on 5 May 2020.
• An elite athlete, their coach, or (in the case of an elite athlete under the age of 18) the parent of an elite athlete, if they need accommodation for the purposes of training or competition.
• Those permitted to attend a funeral (that is: (i) members of the deceased person’s household; (ii) close family members of the deceased person, or (iii) if no-one within (i) or (ii) is attending, a friend of the deceased person), who need short term accommodation for that purpose.
• To support or provide accommodation to the homeless, including through arrangements with local authorities and other public bodies. *Those who need accommodation while moving house.

Hotels and other accommodation listed are allowed to host blood donation sessions.

Accommodation for non ‘critical’ workers

Businesses cannot provide holiday accommodation for workers not included in this list, unless they otherwise fall within one of the limited exemptions referred to above. The term ‘unable to return home’ is intended to cover cases where it would not be possible or would be dangerous for people to return home, for example if their residence has been flooded or if they are unexpectedly caught away from home whilst travelling for the purposes of work and are not able to safely return to their residence. Stays for convenience rather than real necessity are not allowed. Accommodation providers should assure themselves that each person to whom they are providing accommodation falls within one of the limited exceptions to avoid breaching the regulations and potentially incurring legal liability as a result.

Critical Workers

Health & Social Care

This includes, but is not limited to, doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers; the support and specialist staff required to maintain the UK’s health and social care sector; those working as part of the health and social care supply chain, including producers and distributors of medicines and medical and personal protective equipment.

Key Public Services This includes:

• those essential to the running of the justice system
• religious staff
• charities and workers delivering key frontline services
• those responsible for the management of the deceased
• journalists and broadcasters who are providing public service broadcasting

Local and national government

This only includes:

• those administrative occupations essential to the effective delivery of the COVID-19 response
• or delivering essential public services, such as the payment of benefits, including in government agencies and arms length bodies

Food & Other Necessary Goods

This includes those involved in food:

• production
• processing
• distribution
• sale and delivery
• as well as those essential to the provision of other key goods (for example hygienic and veterinary medicines)

Public Safety & National Security

This includes:

• police and support staff
• Ministry of Defence civilians
• contractor and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of key defence and national security outputs and essential to the response to the COVID-19 outbreak)
• fire and rescue service employees (including support staff)
• National Crime Agency staff
• those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas

Transport

This includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the COVID-19 response, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass.

Utilities, communication & Financial services

This includes:

• staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure)
• the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage)
• information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the COVID-19 response
• key staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications (including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 critical services)
• postal services and delivery
• payments providers
• waste disposal sectors