Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions his Department has engaged with key regulatory bodies to pursue legal action for a breach of standards and obligations by private PCR test providers.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has done so on 12 occasions. The UKHSA has also engaged with regulatory bodies to ensure private providers undertake corrective action without pursuing legal action.