Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to require people attending large scale events to provide a negative covid-19 test result.

The Government is running a scientific Events Research Programme (ERP) to examine the risk of transmission of COVID-19 from attendance at a range of cultural, business and sporting events, including events with larger crowd sizes.

Attendees participating in ERP events will be required to provide a negative test result ahead of the event. They will also be tested afterwards to ensure any transmission of the virus is properly monitored.