Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support Suffolk County Council to increase covid-19 testing capacity in Suffolk.

National Health Service Test and Trace is growing all the time. The number of testing sites is now more than 600 and we have exceeded our target of reaching 500,000 testing capacity by the end of October. We are automating parts of the process, installing new machines, hiring more permanent staff, opening new labs and investing in new technology to process results faster. For people in Suffolk there are regional test sites at Stanstead Airport and the Copdock London Road Park and Ride in Ipswich and mobile testing units are available at sites throughout the county.