On 2 December a revised tiering system was introduced by the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 (“the All Tiers Regulations”).

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 have now been published, amending the areas in Tiers 2 and 3.

Tier 2: High alert

The following are removed from Schedule 4 Part 1 (Tier 2 areas):

• Essex County Council;
• Hertfordshire County Council;
• Southend on Sea Borough Council;
• Thurrock Borough Council.

The following areas are added to Schedule 4 Part 1:

• Colchester Borough Council;
• Dacorum Borough Council;
• East Hertfordshire District Council;
• North Hertfordshire District Council;
• Stevenage Borough Council;
• St Albans City and District Council;
• Tendring District Council;
• Uttlesford District Council;
• Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council.

Tier 3: Very High alert

The following areas are added to Schedule 4 Part 2 (Tier 3 areas):

1. East of England:

• Basildon Borough Council;
• Braintree Borough Council;
• Brentwood Borough Council;
• Broxbourne Borough Council;
• Castle Point Borough Council;
• Chelmsford City Council;
• Epping Forest District Council;
• Harlow District Council;
• Hertsmere Borough Council;
• Maldon District Council;
• Rochford District Council;
• Southend-on-Sea Borough Council;
• Three Rivers District Council;
• Watford Borough Council;
• Thurrock Council;

2. London

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 come into force on 16th December 2020.

The Guidance - Full list of local restriction tiers by area has also been updated

List of areas by tier (with amends from 16 December)

Tier 1: Medium alert

South East

• Isle of Wight

South West

• Cornwall
• Isles of Scilly

Tier 2: High alert

East of England

• Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes
• Cambridgeshire, including Peterborough
• The following local authorities in Essex:
  • Colchester
  • Tendring
  • Uttlesford
• The following local authorities in Hertfordshire:
  • Dacorum
  • East Hertfordshire
  • North Hertfordshire
  • St Albans
  • Stevenage
  • Welwyn Hatfield
• Norfolk
• Suffolk

The following local authorities in Essex are in Tier 2 until 12:01am on 16 December, at which point they will move to Tier 3:

• Basildon
• Braintree
• Brentwood
• Castle Point
• Chelmsford
• Epping Forest
• Harlow
• Maldon
• Rochford
• Southend-on-Sea
• Thurrock

The following local authorities in Hertfordshire are in Tier 2 until 12:01am on 16 December, at which point they will move to Tier 3:

• Broxbourne
• Hertsmere
• Three Rivers
• Watford

East Midlands

• Northamptonshire
• Rutland

London

• All 32 boroughs plus the City of London are in Tier 2 until 12:01am on 16 December, at which point they will move to Tier 3.

North West

• Cumbria
• Liverpool City Region
• Warrington and Cheshire

South East

• Bracknell Forest
• Brighton and Hove
• Buckinghamshire
• East Sussex
• Hampshire, including Portsmouth and Southampton
• Oxfordshire
• Reading
• Surrey
• West Berkshire
• West Sussex
• Windsor and Maidenhead
• Wokingham

South West

• Bath and North East Somerset
• Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
• Devon, including Plymouth and Torbay
• Dorset
• Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Stroud and Tewkesbury)
• Somerset (South Somerset, Somerset West and Taunton, Mendip and Sedgemoor)
• Wiltshire and Swindon

West Midlands

• Herefordshire
• Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin
• Worcestershire

Yorkshire

• City of York
• North Yorkshire

Tier 3: Very High alert

East Midlands

• Derby and Derbyshire
• Leicester and Leicestershire
• Lincolnshire
• Nottingham and Nottinghamshire

North East

• North East Combined Authority:
  • County Durham
  • Gateshead
  • South Tyneside
  • Sunderland
• North of Tyne Combined Authority:
  • Newcastle upon Tyne
  • North Tyneside
  • Northumberland
• Tees Valley Combined Authority:
  • Darlington
  • Hartlepool
  • Middlesbrough
  • Redcar and Cleveland
  • Stockton-on-Tees

North West

• Blackburn with Darwen
• Blackpool
• Greater Manchester
• Lancashire

South East

• Kent and Medway
• Slough (remainder of Berkshire is tier 2: High alert)

South West

• Bristol
• North Somerset
• South Gloucestershire

West Midlands

• Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton
• Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
• Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull

Yorkshire and The Humber

• East Riding of Yorkshire
• Kingston upon Hull/Hull
• North East Lincolnshire
• North Lincolnshire
• South Yorkshire
• West Yorkshire