Coronavirus: Homelessness

(asked on 12th April 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the need for routine lateral flow and PCR covid-19 testing in homeless accommodation settings.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 20th April 2021

NHS Test and Trace has not made a specific assessment.

However, a number of pilots have been delivered working with homelessness providers in Wolverhampton, Peterborough and in Birmingham. The outcomes have been used to promote the Test and Trace offer by local authorities and their partners in homeless accommodation settings and to support them in the implementation and engagement of priority groups.

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