Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in Hull have been contacted by the NHS covid-19 test and trace service.

The Government launched its new NHS Test and Trace service on 28 May 2020. This includes enhanced contact tracing.

The Government published experimental statistics on 11 June which show that between 28 May and 3 June 2020 - 8,117 people who tested positive for COVID-19 had their case transferred to the contact tracing system, of whom 5,407 were asked to provide details of recent contacts; 31,794 contacts were identified and of these 26,985 were reached and advised to self-isolate. The data can be accessed at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/891703/NHS_test_and_trace_bulletin__England__-_28_May_to_3_June_2020.pdf

These figures are for England only; we will explore including regional data for future releases.