COVID-19 total number of bookings for the Managed Quarantine Services: FOI release

Information requested

Please provide a month by month breakdown of the total number of bookings for the Managed Quarantine Services in Scotland since 15 February 2021.

Please also categorise this information by the location of the hotel.

Response

The UK Government (UKG) are the principle contract owners and managers of the Managed Quarantine Service (MQS) and its suppliers for the whole of the UK. The Scottish Government has access to the booking data which is based on those who have booked into Managed Isolation however this may adjust as people amend their bookings. As of 28 September 2021, 9,054 travellers have booked a stay in managed isolation from February to September.

A breakdown by month, location and amount of travellers booked can be found in the table below.
 

Month	No. of Travellers
February		March		April		May
Aberdeen	42	Aberdeen	166	Aberdeen	213	Aberdeen	140
Edinburgh	182	Edinburgh	534	Edinburgh	920	Edinburgh	987
Glasgow	47	Glasgow	168	Glasgow	295	Glasgow	189
Total	271	Total	868	Total	1428	Total	1326
June		July		August		September
Aberdeen	160	Aberdeen	197	Aberdeen	134	Aberdeen	123
Edinburgh	1244	Edinburgh	849	Edinburgh	647	Edinburgh	856
Glasgow	265	Glasgow	180	Glasgow	196	Glasgow	319
Total	1669	Total	1226	Total	977	Total	1298

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