Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many containment level (1) three, and (2) four, laboratories there are in the UK, whether they keep a record of those facilities, and how often they update that record.

There are currently 9 premises (8 organisations) that have notified as operating Containment Level (CL) 4 laboratories. There are 221 additional premises (204 organisations) that have notified as operating Containment Level 3 labs.

Each premises may operate one or more CL4 and/or CL3 laboratories. There is no duty on operators to notify the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) of how premises are subdivided into laboratories.

HSE keeps a list of premises operating at CL3. Operators are removed from the list as and when we become aware that they cease to operate at CL3.