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 reduce the distance people in Congleton constituency have to travel to a covid-19 testing centre.

The nearest test centre to Congleton is the walk-through testing site at the Synetics Solutions car park in Stoke which is 7.8 miles away. The nearest drive-through site is the Bet365 Stadium in Stoke, 12.2 miles away.

Home testing enables anyone who cannot 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. We are continuously improving the testing service so that testing is accessible to all.