Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many lateral flow device testing kits the UK Health Security Agency (a) has purchased, (b) has distributed and (c) holds in storage; and how much has been spent to date on those testing kits.

As of 7 September, 1.8 billion lateral flow tests have been purchased, 1,168 million have been dispatched and 325 million are held in storage. We are unable to provide the cost of lateral flow devices purchased to date as this information is commercially sensitive.