Military Aid: Coronavirus

(asked on 30th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which armed forces regiments are being deployed to conduct mass covid-19 testing in schools.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 11th January 2021

Up to 1,500 Defence personnel from all three Services are being used to form local response teams ready to support and advise schools in England. This support will be drawn from the package of 14,000 personnel held at readiness to support COVID-19 related tasks.

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