Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been asked to travel more than (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 miles to access covid-19 testing facilities.

The Government has put in place the largest network of diagnostic testing facilities created in British history. A breakdown of distances travelled to test sites in not published in the format requested. However, as of 9 September the median distance to travel to a test site is 5.8 miles and 90% of people travel 27.8 miles or less.

Testing is available for all groups in society, including vulnerable groups and people with disabilities, and for those who are who are not able to travel home testing kits are available every day.