Claim: £37 billion has been spent on NHS Test and Trace, and it's not clear how this money was used.
Fact-check: £37 billion was the two-year budget for NHS Test and Trace, not how much was spent - Full Fact
Verdict: this figure was the budget for the scheme in its first two years—around £29.5 billion was actually spent. while detailed figures for 2021/22 have not yet been published, the vast majority of spending in the scheme's first year went on testing.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2022-05-16T00:00:00