Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2021 to Question 3056 on Coronavirus: Screening, what discussions officials in his Department have had with relevant stakeholders on covid-19 testing provision at York Station, in particular in the context of York being a major tourist location.

London North East Railway (LNER), responsible for the management of York station, were eligible to register for the workplace asymptomatic testing scheme by the 12 April deadline.

The Department for Transport is in regular contact with the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), who represent the train operating companies (TOCs) including LNER. The rail minister, Chris Heaton-Harris, wrote to RDG earlier this year encouraging the take up of workplace testing.