Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 151279 on Evusheld, when the UKHSA began testing Evusheld’s effectiveness against the covid-19 omicron variant; and whether UKHSA has guidance on how long that testing should take.

The UK Health Security Agency began the process of testing against the Omicron variant in March 2022. Following the completion of preliminary laboratory work, such testing lasts for approximately three to four weeks.