Coronavirus: Screening

(asked on 19th July 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many lateral flow tests for covid-19 are available for (a) August, (b) September, (c) October, (d) November and (e) December 2021.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 4th August 2021

The Department is unable to release this information as it is currently being used for the formulation of government policy on lateral flow testing. We procured 294m Lateral Flow Device (LFD) tests in May and are constantly reviewing demand to ensure we have enough stock to satisfy demand. We have recently received approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to use a United Kingdom made LFD, a real milestone on the progressive journey of the UK diagnostics and life sciences industry.

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