Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support the Health and Care Service in Northern Ireland during the covid-19 outbreak.

The United Kingdom Government is working closely with the Northern Ireland Executive and the other devolved administrations to support their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Engagement at Ministerial level between the Government and the Northern Ireland Executive has occurred weekly over the course of the pandemic. Significant collaboration and engagement at official level has also taken place across key areas, including deployment of the COVID-19 and flu vaccines, testing programme, non-pharmaceutical interventions and supply of personal protective equipment.