According to new data released on Wednesday (9 February) from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 87% of UK residents and 92% of overseas residents surveyed in December said testing before arrival was important.

The survey, which was carried out when travel restrictions had been reimposed amid a surge in Omicron cases, also found that 92% of UK and 89% of foreign arrivals had received at least two doses of a Covid vaccine.

Meanwhile, 28% of UK residents and 18% of overseas residents arriving in the UK had received more than two vaccinations.

The majority of UK residents (83% in December 2021) returning from abroad reported they found it "easy" or "very easy" to follow the coronavirus restriction information for the country that they had visited.

The survey results come from the International Passenger Survey (IPS) and the Civil Aviation Authority’s Passenger Survey between July and December last year.