Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people who took a covid-19 PCR test received their results within (a) 24, (b) 48, (c) 72 and (d) 96 hours of taking their test in August 2021.

The information is not available in the format requested.

However, weekly statistics for the number of COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction test results received in England within 24, 48, 72 hours is available in the Weekly NHS Test and Trace report, which is available at the following link:

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