Claim: £37 billion has been spent on NHS Test and Trace so far.
Fact-check: NHS Test and Trace has not spent £37bn so far - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not true. £37 billion is the budget for the project's first two years. we don't know exactly how much was spent by early march, but it will be much less.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2021-03-11T00:00:00