Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations have been identified to run the new megalabs announced by his Department in November 2020 based in (a) Leamington Spa, Warwickshire and (b) Glasgow.

The construction of the laboratory in Leamington Spa is underway and will start processing tests from spring 2021. We have paused development work on the laboratory in Scotland until we have further detailed projections on long-term testing demand.

The Leamington Spa laboratory will be run by the Department, which will hold supply contracts for resourcing, equipment, machinery, facilities and waste management.