Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to roll out rapid covid-19 saliva testing nationally.
Good progress is being made with utilising technologies to help improve our testing service. We announced £500 million in next generation tests, including saliva tests and rapid turnaround tests that can deliver results in just 20 minutes, which are being piloted in Hampshire, Southampton and Salford. We are continuing to trial new tests and future plans will depend on the outcomes of those trials.