Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff will be employed at each megalab site announced by his Department; and what the occupations will be of those staff employed at each of those sites.
When operating at full capacity, the Leamington Spa laboratory will require a multi-skilled workforce of up to 2,000 people.
Specific roles will include data scientists, bioscience leads, shift supervisors, laboratory equipment managers, senior, junior and trainee laboratory technicians, warehouse leads and a range of administrative and facilities management roles.
We have decided to pause development work on the second laboratory in Scotland until we have further detailed projections on long-term testing demand.