Step 1
No earlier than 8th March
- All schools to reopen.
- Two people can meet outdoors in a park, including being allowed to sit down for a coffee, drink, or picnic.
- Care home residents will be allowed one regular visitor.
No earlier than 29th March
- Outdoor gatherings of six people or two households will be allowed.
- Outdoor sports facilities such as tennis or basketball courts will reopen and organised adult and children’s sport, such as grassroots football, will also return.
Step 2
- Non-essential retail will open, including hairdressers and public buildings like libraries and museums.
- Outdoor settings like alcohol takeaways, beer gardens, zoos and theme parks will reopen.
- Reopening of indoor leisure like swimming pools and gyms.
- Self-contained holiday accommodation, such as self-catering lets and camp sites will open.
- Weddings will be allowed up to 15 guests, and funerals will continue with up to 30 people.
- No indoor mixing between different households.
Step 3
No earlier than 17th May
- Rule of six will be abolished on outdoor gatherings and increased to a limit of 30, if data allows.
- Two households can mix indoors, with the rule of six applied in hospitality settings like pubs.
- Cinemas, hotels, performance and sporting events will reopen, but social distancing will still remain.
- Up to 10,000 spectators attend the very largest outdoor seated venues, like football stadiums.
- Up to 30 people will be able to attend weddings, receptions, funerals and wakes.
Step 4
No earlier than 21st June
- Depending on the data, we will potentially see all legal limits on social contact removed.
- Nightclubs could reopen.
- The government hopes that from this date, restrictions on weddings and funerals will also be abolished.