Claim: £37 billion was spent on the UK Covid contact-tracing app
Fact-check: The Government did not spend £37 billion on the NHS Test and Trace app - Full Fact
Verdict: the nhs covid-19 app cost £35 million in the 2020/21 financial year. the £37 billion figure was the budget of the entire test and trace programme in its first two years.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joe Gammie
Date published: 2023-04-06T00:00:00