Covid-19: Economic Costs Debate

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Covid-19: Economic Costs

Baroness Barker Excerpts
Tuesday 28th July 2020

(4 years, 4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Barker Portrait Baroness Barker (LD) [V]
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What is the estimated cost to the public and private sectors of the decision by Public Health England to release Covid test data to local authorities on a weekly rather than a daily basis and without household identification?

Baroness Penn Portrait Baroness Penn
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My understanding is that local authorities get Covid data on a daily basis and that, since 20 July, individual-level data has been available to the teams that respond to outbreaks in local authorities.