Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the COVID-19 testing kits that have been so far sent out in the post have been returned; and of those, what proportion have been (1) positive, (2) negative, (3) not indicative either way, (4) not able to be processed, (5) returned unused, and (6) not returned within the time period allotted.
As of 25 May 2020, 61% of COVID-19 home test kits distributed by the National Testing Programme had been returned.
Of those COVID-19 home test kits that have been returned as of 25 May 2020:
- 3.6% of home test kits received a positive result;
- 91.6% of home test kits received a negative result; and
- 4.8% of home test kits received a void result. This could be because the sample was not able to be processed, was returned unused, or not returned quickly enough.