Jason called for any new local restrictions to be driven by the data and for more local testing capacity.
Jason McCartney MP
Given the speculation about new local restrictions in West Yorkshire, will the Secretary of State reassure me that he will continue to be driven by the data?
Will he also deploy extra testing facilities and capacity, because entire families in my constituency are unable to go to work or school, as they sit at home repeatedly refreshing the testing portal to try to book a covid test for family members with symptoms?
Matt Hancock MP
My hon. Friend, who rightly raised this issue with me on Tuesday, knows that I will always be driven by the data in the local action that we take.
Where we do take local action, I do so with a heavy heart.
I was very pleased that we were able to take his constituency out of the local action in West Yorkshire.
However, we have seen case rates go up, and we will be guided by that data. I look forward to talking to him and working with him on that basis.
