Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been awarded to the University of St Andrews for research into whether ultraviolet-C light is effective against covid-19; what the terms of reference for that research are; and what estimate he has made of when the findings will be reported to Government and published.

A total of £136,000 has been awarded to the University of St Andrews under the

provisions of NHS Act 2006 Para 13 Schedule.

The terms of reference are as follows:

- The trials and assessment will be carried out by the University of St. Andrew;

- The Funding Period started on 1 March 2021 and ends on 28 February 2022 unless terminated earlier in accordance with this Grant Funding Agreement; and

- The Grant Recipient shall provide the Authority with a quarterly report on the progress of the trials on evaluating the efficacy of viricidal Far-UVC light technology and its ability to inactivate virus in droplets, aerosols and on surfaces in simulated public locations.

Initial results are expected in Quarter 4 2021.