Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason home care workers who visit multiple extremely clinically vulnerable people per week are not routinely tested for covid-19.

Home care workers employed by Care Quality Commission-registered organisations are able to access weekly PCR tests, which can be self-administered at home. This will help identify whether any home care workers have COVID-19 asymptomatically and thereby provide further protection – in addition to the use of personal protective equipment to those they care for.