The Government has contacted more than 1.8 million individuals to ask them to shield themselves and for those who do not have family, friends or neighbours to support them, over 600,000 food boxes have been delivered.

The Secretary of State joins him in thanking those organisations and acknowledges that millions of other people, such as the elderly and vulnerable, are benefiting from the work of charities, faith groups and local councils.

Individuals who are being shielded have their details passed on to national supermarkets, and there is a challenge for the supermarkets to increase capacity on privileged delivery lists; at the beginning of the crisis, there were typically 2.1 million delivery slots in the entire supermarket sector which has increased to 2.6 million and will be close to 3 million within weeks.

As allocations for the £1.6 billion funding are brought forward, there will be a significant increase in the amount of money paid to district councils; more than 70% of district councils will receive an additional £1 million and in many cases significantly more.

The Secretary of State will give further thought to that and work with his right hon. Friend the Chancellor before coming back to the House or the sector with a decision.

We are really proud of the work that local councils have done in England, and there is a similar workstream in Scotland to bring people off the streets and offer them safer accommodation. Today more than 90% of rough sleepers within England are in safer accommodation, such as hotels. A huge amount of work has now to be done, having brought those people in, to care for them and then to work through what the next steps are, so that they can move on to better accommodation and greater support in the future. With respect to no recourse to public funds, the Government's position and the law have not changed, but councils are able to use their discretion within the law to support those individuals, as they would in the normal way.