97% of parents with children of school age said it was very likely or fairly likely that the oldest school age child in their household will return to school or college when school reopens to them in the new term.
The Office for National Statistics Coronavirus Social Impact survey out this morning found that nearly half of parents in England and Wales said the oldest child in their household had mixed feelings about returning to school or college, however two in five said they were looking forward to returning to school or college.
More than half of adults who had heard about the Eat Out to Help Out scheme said they had eaten out during the month of August just to make use of the scheme. Of all adults, nearly half said they would have eaten out during August without the discount from the scheme.
Over the summer there has been a gradual return to socialising with others and participating in leisure activities; in the last seven days, nearly 3 in 10 adults met up with people in a public place an increase from 13% three months ago
Around 4 in 10 adults reported that when buying items such as food and toiletries they have shopped around at different places a little or a lot less than usual to compare price and quality; of those, the most common reason was that they felt safer buying everything in one place, or fewer places.
The survey also found that more people are now travelling to work, and fewer are working exclusively at home; this week, 57% of working adults reported they had travelled to work (either exclusively or in combination with working from home) in the past seven days, while 20% had worked exclusively at home.
More than 9 in 10 adults who had left their homes said they had worn a face covering to slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) at least once in the past seven days – a similar percentage to two weeks ago.
Three quarters of adults reported that they think the police should be very strict or strict in enforcing rules to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), for example, rules on social distancing, lockdown measures and wearing face coverings.
However, only a fifth think police are very strict or strict in enforcing these rules. T
