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 on people with caring responsibilities of his decision to end the free provision of covid-19 lateral flow tests.

The approach to managing COVID-19 in adult social care will continue to evolve but will focus on providing care and supporting those who are most vulnerable to COVID-19. We will continue to make symptomatic testing available for a small number of at-risk groups. Further details on the future of asymptomatic lateral flow testing in adult social care and for eligible groups will be provided in due course. We will continue to keep the impact of these policies on people with caring responsibilities under review.