{"value":{"id":1234968,"askingMemberId":1732,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-09-16T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-09-30T00:00:00","uin":"HL8217","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the laboratory capacity for COVID-19 tests per week available in England (1) within the NHS, and (2) in private and other laboratories; and what is the utilisation rate of that weekly capacity in each group at the latest date for which information is available.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4708,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-02-04T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>For the week commencing 18 January 2021 the number of tests conducted in pillar 1 was 592,698 against a capacity of 1,352,685, which is a utilisation rate of 43.82%. In pillar 2, the number of tests conducted was 3,233,418 against a capacity of 4,321,944, which is a utilisation rate of 74.81%.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Coronavirus: Screening","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1234968","method":"GET"}]}