Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what records his Department holds of correspondence between Lord O'Shaughnessy and companies providing covid-19 testing or testing supplies, between April and August 2020, conducted on his private gmail account; and whether he was provided with a departmental email address in his capacity as an adviser on NHS Test and Trace during this period.

The Department holds copies of correspondence between Lord O’Shaughnessy’s Gmail account and Government officials, companies and organisations working on COVID-19 testing and testing supplies issues between April and August 2020. During this period Lord O’Shaughnessy was provided with a Departmental email address.