Health and Social Care

Thursday 20th January 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Covid-19 Testing Infrastructure

The following is an extract from Health and Social Care oral questions on 18 January 2022.

[Maggie Throup]

As we look at policy and amend it like we did last week, it is right that we make sure that we can fill those requirements. I reassure the hon. Gentleman that we can, and we have increased the procurement of lateral flow devices. This month, we will get another 750 million lateral flow devices into the UK for January and February.

[Official Report, 18 January 2022, Vol. 707, c. 184.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Erewash (Maggie Throup).

An error has been identified in my response to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon).

The correct response should have been:

[Maggie Throup]

As we look at policy and amend it like we did last week, it is right that we make sure that we can fill those requirements. I reassure the hon. Gentleman that we can, and we have increased the procurement of lateral flow devices. We will get another 750 million lateral flow devices into the UK in January and February.