Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons (a) Randox and (b) Serco were initially listed as data processors in relation to the covid-19 testing programme and were subsequently removed from that list.

At the beginning of the roll-out of the National Testing Programme, we needed to move swiftly to ensure that we could stand up testing services to match demand. As the programme has developed, the roles of our suppliers have, on occasion, evolved and the services they provide have changed.