Claim: NHS Test and Trace spent £37 billion on an app.
Fact-check: Test and Trace money wasn't just spent on an app - Full Fact
Verdict: nhs test and trace was allocated £37 billion for the first two years of operation, but expects to spend about £28 billion. the tracing app accounted for less than 1% of this spend, most of which went on testing.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2022-02-21T00:00:00