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 make day two PCR tests (a) cheaper and (b) a standardised cost across all providers.

Since requirements were introduced for international travel testing, the costs of travel testing have fallen significantly. We have invited the Competition and Markets Authority to conduct a review into pricing and standards in the market for international travel tests.

The Government has announced there will be a rapid internal review of the pricing and service standards of all providers of day two and day eight tests. It has also been announced that the cost of NHS Test and Trace tests for international arrivals has been reduced from £88 to £68 for green list arrivals or fully vaccinated amber list arrivals and from £170 to £136 for two tests for amber list arrivals who are not fully vaccinated.