PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Screening (1 March 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) machines and (b) tests have been purchased through the Government's contract with Optigene to date; and how many tests have been carried out using those machines.

Asked by:
Fleur Anderson (Labour)

A total of 600 machines and 39 million tests have been purchased through the contract with Optigene. As of 26 March 2021, 276,941 tests have been carried out using these machines.

Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
19 April 2021