Examples of reasonable excuses to go out:

For work or an activity associated with seeking employment, or to provide voluntary or charitable services, but only where that can’t be done from your home.

For education including school, college, university or other essential purposes connected with study.

For essential shopping, including essential shopping for a vulnerable person. You should use online shopping or shops and other services in your immediate area where you can.

For healthcare, including Covid-19 testing and vaccination.

For childcare or support services for parents or expectant parents.

For essential services, including services of a charitable or voluntary nature such as foodbanks, alcohol or drug support services. Waste or recycling services. To provide care, assistance, support to or respite for a vulnerable person.

To provide or receive emergency assistance.

To visit a person in an extended household.

For essential animal welfare reasons, such as exercising or feeding a horse or going to a vet.

Local outdoor recreation, sport or exercise, walking, cycling, golf, or running that starts and finishes at the same place (which can be up to five miles from the boundary of your local authority area) as long as you abide by the rules on meeting other households.

To attend a marriage ceremony or registration of a civil partnership.

To attend a funeral or for compassionate reasons which relate to the end of a person’s life.

For activities in connection with moving home (including viewing a property).

For those involved in professional sports, for training, coaching or competing in an event.

To visit a person receiving treatment in a hospital, staying in a hospice or care home, or to accompany a person to a medical appointment.

To register or vote in a Scottish or UK Parliament, Local Government or overseas election or by-election, including on behalf of someone else by proxy.

To visit a person detained in prison, young offenders institute, remand centre, secure accommodation or other place of detention.