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 increase the provision of covid-19 lateral flow testing kits in (a) Lambeth and (b) Southwark.

There is no shortage of lateral flow tests and the Government will continue to procure enough stock to meet ongoing demand, including in the Lambeth and Southwark areas, through our national and local delivery channels.

In the light of the current exceptionally high demand for COVID-19 lateral flow tests, we have significantly increased distribution capacity, to make sure we can meet demand for polymerase chain reaction tests as well as lateral flow tests to be sent to people’s homes. Lateral flow devices can also be collected from local pharmacies and some community sites.