Covid Inquiry: DfE 'confident' in Mass Testing Rollout
Susan Acland-Hood, permanent secretary of the Department for Education, expressed confidence in her team's ability to deliver mass covid testing in schools.
Acland-Hood stated that she was "confident" her team could have rolled out testing in schools to prevent a second round of closures in January 2021.
She echoed former education secretary Gavin Williamson's frustrations that plans for a national covid testing programme in schools were scrapped in January 2021.
The Covid inquiry heard Acland-Hood's testimony as it focuses on the pandemic's impact on children and young people.
Author's summary: DfE confident in mass testing rollout plans.