Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans are in place to charge Higher Education providers for access to the reserved stream of covid-19 testing kits intended for education providers.

There are no plans to charge higher education providers to access government supplied LFD test kits. These LFD test kits continue to be provided free of charge via the government’s higher education asymptomatic testing programme, and providers should continue to order tests for their staff and students via their usual route, in line with public health advice.