Department for Education written question – answered at on 12 July 2021.
Rachael Maskell
Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) staff and (b) pupils have tested positive for covid-19 in each of the last three months.
Nick Gibb
Minister of State (Education)
Data on lateral flow device tests in education is published by the Department of Health and Social Care. The latest published data is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/weekly-statistics-for-nhs-test-and-trace-england-17-june-to-23-june-2021 in the document 'Tests conducted: 28 May 2020 to 23 June 2021'. Table 8 details the volume of testing, the weekly number of positive cases for secondary school pupils, and the weekly number of positive cases for staff in primary and secondary schools.
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