Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the cost of private covid-19 tests required for international travel.

The government recognises that the cost of these tests can be high and is reviewing all options available to reduce the cost of Covid-19 tests, including working with the travel industry and private testing providers to further reduce the cost of travel for the British public while ensuring international travel is as safe as possible.

Testing post-arrival remains an important tool in our wider measures to manage the risk of imported cases of Covid-19, as well as allowing us to identify variants of concern, however the Government is clear that we want the tests to be as cheap and convenient as possible.