Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether results from SAMBA II Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 test systems in private ownership will be considered valid under the forthcoming test to release for international travel scheme.

The ‘test to release for international travel scheme’ allows any private testing provider that can meet the minimum standards required as set in legislation to provide tests for this purpose. The minimum standards can be viewed at this site:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/testing-to-release-for-international-travel-minimum-standards-for-testing/minimum-standards-for-private-sector-providers-of-covid-19-testing-for-testing-to-release-for-international-travel