Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that testing for covid 19 is (a) accurate and (b) accessible.

The Government published its testing strategy on 4 April. The strategy, which addresses the importance of testing accessibility and accuracy, is available at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/878121/coronavirus-covid-19-testing-strategy.pdf

Since the strategy was published, the Government has met its target to deliver 100,000 tests per day, and our overall ambition is to provide enough swab tests for everyone that needs one.