Covid-19 Response

Kate Green Excerpts

Tuesday 2nd June 2020 Commons Chamber

[Matt Hancock]

Yes, of course, and I will get back to my hon. Friend.

[Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab)]

The Secretary of State will know of the exceptionally high rate of infection in the north-west and he will also be aware that local authorities such as mine say that the peak of demand for social care has not yet been reached and will actually hit later in the summer. In order to facilitate transparent information to the public and good capacity for local planning, will he commit to regular publication of the R value on a regional basis?

[Matt Hancock]

We regularly publish the R value on a national basis and are increasing the scope of our surveillance testing regime to be able to increase the detail around that—that is one of the key tasks for the weeks ahead.