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 people in Wansbeck can be tested locally for covid-19.

The Government has put in place the largest network of diagnostic testing facilities created in British history, including 77 drive-through sites, 155 walk-through sites, 21 satellite test sites, 258 mobile testing units, home testing and satellite kits and five lighthouse laboratories as of 13 October 2020.

Home testing enables anyone who can’t get to a testing site, such as those who are shielding, self-isolating, have mobility issues, live in very rural areas or are waiting for elective surgery, to take a test in their own home.