Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of travellers entering the UK from (a) India and (b) Pakistan, who were tested by the NHS in July 2021, were found to have a positive result for covid-19.

The Data is not held in the format requested.

Data on arrivals is produced on three weekly cycles aligned with risk assessments and decisions within the international travel traffic light system. In the reporting periods covering 01 July to 11 August 13,888 people arriving from India were tested for COVID-19 with 143 people testing positive. 17,312 people arriving from Pakistan were tested with 324 people testing positive. Data on arrivals tested and testing positive can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nhs-test-and-trace-statistics-england-weekly-reports