Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of chemists being unable to supply covid-19 lateral flow tests to people in Hemsworth constituency where they had ​received collection codes for tests from Gov.uk.

During the Christmas 2021 period, we are aware that demand exceeded the supply of lateral flow device tests through GOV.UK or pharmacies, including in Hemsworth. In January 2022, we procured additional tests and increased delivery capacity with approximately 90 million tests distributed in the United Kingdom.