Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support the Government will provide to local authorities in Tier 3 to allow for the (a) establishment and (b) staffing of extra covid-19 testing sites.
We are supporting local authorities in England to deliver a six-week community testing programme, to help reduce the spread of the virus and to ease the toughest restrictions more quickly.
We published ‘Community Testing: a guide for local delivery’, which sets out the extensive package of support available, including details of £14-per-test funding for those taking part. This funding per test has been calculated to cover all reasonable costs associated with implementing and operating a testing programme. The community testing guidance is available at the following link: