Claim: As part of the Coronavirus Act, children can be detained for 14 days without their parents' consent, and their parents don't have to be informed, only a teacher, according to a letter from the Children's Commissioner.
Fact-check: Can children be detained without their parents' consent if the authorities think they have coronavirus? - Full Fact
Verdict: although the government had since said a child could not be detained without their parents' knowledge or consent under the powers in the coronavirus act, the law itself seems ambiguous enough that this theoretically could happen. the law says steps should be taken to avoid this, and says a parent or guardian should be contacted, so this scenario seems unlikely.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2020-08-13T00:00:00