Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of covid-19 tests available on the market that have not been approved by his Department.

Reports of non-compliance with the Medical Devices (Coronavirus Test Device Approvals) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 remain consistently low. All reports of non-compliant COVID-19 tests are reviewed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and relevant regulatory action taken where necessary.