Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the cost of covid-19 tests for people returning to the UK have been calculated.
The testing package of two COVID-19 tests is £210 from NHS Test and Trace. In enabling any market where the Government is delivering a service alongside other providers, the Government must set its price at a level that allows the market to compete. We recently introduced private sector for travellers quarantining at home to offer a wider choice of providers for those who wish to purchase private tests. The prices and service offered by these approved providers may vary. The costs, as with all of these measures will be kept under constant review.