Originally Posted by
southlondonphil
I thought 8th March was just the date when 'Priti's Permission Slip' was likely to be publicly confirmed, but it would only take effect from 29th/30th March when the existing 'ban' on leaving home expires, and the actual detail of the form, application process and web gateway would slowly emerge from the fog of confusion during the intervening 2-3 weeks. That's the usual government process with Covid measures, it seems.
In the government’s Spring 2021 COVID-19 Response presented to Parliament a couple of weeks ago, it was announced:
“In England, travel abroad for holidays will still not be permitted and, from 8 March, outbound travellers will be legally obliged to provide their reason for travel on the Declaration to Travel form”.