Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the impact on covid-19 transmission in adult social care settings of suspending asymptomatic testing from 31 August 2022.

By removing routine asymptomatic testing while retaining other measures such as symptomatic testing, outbreak response, vaccines and antiviral drugs, we can continue to protect the most vulnerable and avoid the need for staff to test regularly. We continue to assess all data on COVID-19 transmission on a regular basis and consider any implications for testing policy.