Passenger locator forms to be ditched before Easter – making holidays easier for Brits

THE final Covid travel restriction for vaccinated Brits are set to be scrapped by the Easter holidays.

Plans to ditch Passenger Locator Forms are being drawn up by ministers.

APPlans to ditch Passenger Locator Forms are being drawn up by ministers[/caption]

The paperwork, which must be filled in by anyone arriving in the UK, will be dropped by April according to The Times.

As it stands, anyone returning to the UK only needs to fill in a Passenger Locator Form, as long as they are fully vaccinated.

Pre-arrival Covid tests and day two Covid tests were scrapped earlier this month, making it easier and cheaper for families to return from their holidays.

While Passenger Locator Forms were also simplified, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has been pushing to scrap them entirely, according to MailOnline.

The form is free, but it requires travellers to fill in additional details including where they have travelled and their vaccination status.

It is expected to be scrapped by the beginning of April, making it easier for families to travel during the Easter holidays.

It was hoped that they would be scrapped sooner, but health officials remain worried about needing to track Covid variants coming into the UK.

And last month, Mr Shapps said it was the “only way” to distinguish between arrivals who are vaccinated and unvaccinated when using the e-gates at the airport.

Airlines and tour operators have called for it to be scrapped, which would see travel returning to pre-Covid rules.

Tim Alderslade, chief executive of trade body Airlines UK, said: “Ministers are absolutely right to remove the remaining restrictions but this needs to cut across all elements of the economy, including travel.

“If there is no requirement to self-isolate for those with Covid in the UK, jabbed or otherwise, there can be no justification for continuing with travel restrictions for the unvaccinated, including the continued use of the PLF which, although not as bad as testing, remains a deterrent to travel.”

PAAs it stands, anyone returning to the UK only needs to fill in a Passenger Locator Form, as long as they are fully vaccinated[/caption]