Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 PCR tests the NHS has sent to patients in the E17 postcode area as part of the programme to identify positive cases among people at highest risk from covid-19.

As of 8 March 2022, 1,970 people in the E17 postcode were identified as at highest risk from COVID-19, based on the COVID-19 Treatment Methodology. As of 17 March, 2,315 priority polymerase chain reaction test kits have been sent to patients who may be suitable for COVID-19 treatments in this postcode. This includes replenishment kits sent automatically or ordered by the patient via 119. These figures have been rounded to the nearest five in accordance with disclosure rules.