Priti Patel has announced that new 'holiday police' could be roaming the streets to ensure people "stay at home".
The Home Secretary has revealed the plans to check on people who have been on holiday which could see up to 10,000 daily police visits after the Government lifted the travel ban on Monday (May 17).
People travelling to countries on the green list do not need to quarantine but anyone coming back from an amber country does.
Speaking to The Daily Mail on whether returning holiday makers should expect a knock on the door when they arrived home, Ms Patel said: "Yes, people should".
She added: “There is a service, provision is in place, capacity has been increased for that very reason.
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“People will not go unchecked.
"Significant resources have been put in place – millions of pounds – in terms of the follow-up checking of people around their testing and making sure they stay at home. It has been stepped up."
Around 30,000 checks were reportedly conducted last week, some of which ended up in a fine.
The warning came despite growing optimism of an end to Covid curbs next month and after days of confusion over amber-list countries.
Boris Johnson told MPs yesterday that visits to these medium-risk destinations were acceptable only in 'extreme circumstances'.
But one analysis said up to 270,000 Britons will fly to amber countries in the five days to Sunday.
It comes as travellers are now able to visit 12 countries on the government's green list, including Portugal, without isolating on their return.
The easing on travelling abroad came on Monday, May 17 as the next stage in the Government's roadmap to getting the UK back to normal after over a year of coronavirus restrictions.
