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He added that final decisions had not been made and the department was working with the Cabinet Office minister, Michael Gove, who is leading a review.
Current social distancing measures made it “very, very difficult” for events such as theatre productions to go ahead.
“Social distancing makes it very, very difficult … for theatre productions to be run profitably,” he said. “It makes it very, very difficult for our football clubs to run profitably if you have to have those large distances between people.”
But the government was proceeding with caution because it wanted to ensure a “permanent reopening”.
Dowden said the roadmap out of lockdown was not affected by the current vaccine supply issues, but added there was still not a “full picture” of data after the return of schools.
“The roadmap is not affected, so at the moment, we remain on course for the next easing on 29 [March],” he told LBC.