Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the (a) availability of free covid-19 lateral flow tests and (b) functioning of the Government's webpage to order those tests during the (i) week and (ii) day prior to the end of the free provision of those tests on 1 April 2022.
Prior to 1 April 2022, the Government asked the general public to order or collect test kits only if eligible for new COVID-19 treatments, working or volunteering in a high risk setting or supporting people at higher risk from COVID-19. To ensure an even distribution of lateral flow device tests, one pack of seven tests could be ordered from GOV.UK within a 72 hour period. While tests may have been temporarily unavailable to manage capacity, availability was refreshed regularly.