{"value":{"id":1275976,"askingMemberId":2569,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-01-12T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-01-26T00:00:00","uin":"HL12052","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 lateral flow tests have been carried out in (1) Lancashire, (2) Pendle and, (3) Burnley, each week since the mass testing programme using these tests started; and whether such tests are now available on request to members of the public whether or not they have COVID-19 symptoms.","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":"2021-03-03T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The following table shows the number of tests carried out per week in Lancashire since mass testing in started on 21 October 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Week commencing</p></td><td><p>Number of tests</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 October 2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26 October 2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 November 2020</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 November 2020</p></td><td><p>331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 November 2020</p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23 November 2020</p></td><td><p>462</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 November 2020</p></td><td><p>4,998</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 December 2020</p></td><td><p>2,974</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14 December 2020</p></td><td><p>3,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 December 2020</p></td><td><p>2,885</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 December 2020</p></td><td><p>3,582</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 January 2021</p></td><td><p>15,899</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 January 2021</p></td><td><p>23,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 January 2021</p></td><td><p>33,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 January 2021</p></td><td><p>50,844</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 February 2021</p></td><td><p>57,173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 February 2021</p></td><td><p>53,088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 February 2021</p></td><td><p>32,655</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of tests per week in Pendle since mass testing started on 7 November 2020.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Week Commencing</p></td><td><p>Number of Tests</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 November 2020</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 November 2020</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 November 2020</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23 November 2020</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 November 2020</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 December 2020</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14 December 2020</p></td><td><p>334</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 December 2020</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 December 2020</p></td><td><p>435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 January 2021</p></td><td><p>1,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 January 2021</p></td><td><p>1,351</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 January 2021</p></td><td><p>2,397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 January 2021</p></td><td><p>3,169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 February 2021</p></td><td><p>3,398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 February 2021</p></td><td><p>3,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 February 2021</p></td><td><p>2,139</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of tests per week in Burnley since mass testing on 13 November 2020.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Week Commencing</p></td><td><p>Number of Tests</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 November 2020</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 November 2020</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23 November 2020</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 November 2020</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 December 2020</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14 December 2020</p></td><td><p>460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 December 2020</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 December 2020</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 January 2021</p></td><td><p>967</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 January 2021</p></td><td><p>1,836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 January 2021</p></td><td><p>2,665</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 January 2021</p></td><td><p>3,678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 February 2021</p></td><td><p>4,128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 February 2021</p></td><td><p>3,872</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 February 2021</p></td><td><p>2,769</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 10 December 2020, rapid regular testing for people without symptoms of COVID-19 has been made available across the country with the eligibility of the community testing programme expanded to cover all 314 lower-tier local 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