Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on clinically vulnerable people if lateral flow tests are no longer provided for free.

From 1 April 2022, free access to asymptomatic and symptomatic tests for the public in England will end. We will continue to make testing available for a small number of at-risk groups. Further details on eligible groups will be made available in due course.