Asked by: Earl of Clancarty (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to add proof of the COVID-19 booster vaccination to the NHS COVID-19 pass; and when they plan to do so.
Answered by Lord Kamall
The NHS COVID Pass can now be used to demonstrate proof of a booster or third dose for outbound international travel. This is available through the NHS App and on NHS.UK. Booster vaccinations are not required for domestic certification in England. In light of the recent advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to extend the booster programme, we will keep the inclusion of these doses for domestic certification under review.
Asked by: Earl of Clancarty (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether an individual is legally required to remain in quarantine between taking and receiving the results of a COVID-19 test.
Answered by Lord Bethell
If an individual arrives in England from a non-exempt country, territory or region, or has departed from or transited though a non-exempt country, territory or region at any time in the period beginning with the 14th day before the date of their arrival, and they are not exempt, they must self-isolate for 14 days subject to certain limited exceptions when they may leave or be outside their place of self-isolation. The requirement to self-isolate in these circumstances is not dependent upon taking a COVID 19 test or the outcome of a test.
National Health Service guidance states that if someone has the main symptoms of COVID-19, they should get a test as soon as possible. Unless someone is self-isolating after returning from a country, territory or region that is not on the travel corridors list, it is not a legal requirement to remain in self-isolation between taking a test and receiving the result. However, it is advised that they should stay at home and not have visitors until they get the result. It is recommended that they only leave their home to get the test.
Asked by: Earl of Clancarty (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that (1) local authorities, and (2) local NHS centres, have full access to COVID-19 test data from commercial laboratories.
Answered by Lord Bethell
To provide a more comprehensive response to a number of outstanding Written Questions, this has been answered by an information factsheet Testing – note for House of Lords which is attached, due to the size of the data. A copy has also been placed in the Library.