Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of ending free of charge covid-19 lateral flow tests on the position of people with long-term health conditions.

We will make free symptomatic testing available for a small number of at-risk groups. Details on the eligible groups will be made available in due course. We will continue to review the impact of these policies on people with long-term health conditions.