Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support childminders' access to covid-19 tests.

Childminders currently have access to community testing and should continue to use local community testing programmes for regular asymptomatic testing. More information on where and how these can be accessed is found through the following link: https://www.gov.uk/find-covid-19-lateral-flow-test-site.

The Department is also continuing to work closely with colleagues across Government and local authorities to explore the most effective approach for testing childminders. We will update the sector on these developments as soon as we are able.