Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) covid-19 tests that were sent to the US for analysis require re-processing and (b) individuals that took those tests require re-testing.

66,648 test samples were sent to a laboratory in the United States of America. 38,196 were successfully completed and 28,452 were void.

We worked hard to get complete tests for people under difficult circumstances. In many cases this worked and we are grateful for the team for their efforts. In some cases, it did not and the correct judgement was made to void the tests. Everyone affected was offered a new test immediately and we worked quickly to restore full capacity in the United Kingdom.