Claim: England's test and trace system cost £22 billion.
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Verdict: this was the amount allocated to test and trace for 2020/21 by the uk government but the actual level of spending has been lower than this. also some of this money is spent in the other three uk nations.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2021-01-08T00:00:00