PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Screening (6 January 2022)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of lateral flow tests in (a) Stockport constituency, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) across England.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Answer

The UK Health Security Agency has increased the supply of lateral flow device tests and its distribution capability. From 10 January 2022, we expect to deliver approximately seven million tests a day through GOV.UK and 90 million tests a week across the United Kingdom through all delivery channels.


Answered by:
Maggie Throup (Conservative)
19 January 2022

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