Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to work with the diagnostics industry to (1) solicit, and (2) implement, feedback on the (a) efficiency, and (b) transparency, of regulatory bodies as part of ongoing reviews of the Coronavirus Test Device Approvals process.

The UK Health Security Agency regularly engages with the diagnostics industry in the United Kingdom and others on the Coronavirus Test Device Approvals (CTDA) process. We will review the CTDA process due by the end of the year and consider its efficiency and transparency.