Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what logistical support is provided to local authorities where mass testing is taking place to ensure that such testing is carried out effectively.

NHS Test and Trace regional convenors and Community Testing Programme Liaison Teams support local areas in designing schemes through to delivery. The regional convenors work with other members of the regional partnership team including the regional directors of public health, to provide a link to NHS Test and Trace, the Department and support coordination between areas and with Government agencies. As participating local areas are identified, local Liaison Teams can offer further guidance, detailed planning, logistical and communications support and share lessons learnt from other testing pilots and programmes.