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Written question asked by Alan Brown (Scottish National Party) on Thursday, 14 April 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 April 2022. It was answered by Maggie Throup (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 April 2022 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Coronavirus: Screening

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what has the total cost to the public purse of the Government PCR testing programme been to date; and how many PCR tests have been completed.

Answer

The UK Health Security Agency is unable to provide the information requested on the total cost of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing programme as it is commercially sensitive.

Between April 2020 and March 2022, 147 million PCR tests have been reported as ‘processed’ through laboratories.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
154162
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Expenditure Screening Coronavirus
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk