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NHS Test and Trace Programme: 2021 to 2022
Background and methodological information on COVID-19 response financial figures quoted by the Prime Minister in his ‘Living with COVID-19’ statement.
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On 21 February, in a statement to the House of Commons on Living with COVID-19, the Prime Minister stated that the NHS Test and Trace Programme: “…cost a further £15.7 billion in this financial year, and £2 billion in January alone at the height of the Omicron wave.” This ad hoc publication presents the source of these figures and how they should be interpreted.