Claim: Serco received £37 billion of government money in contracts for NHS Test and Trace.
Fact-check: The government did not give £37 billion to Serco - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. the total value of contracts signed with serco under the test and trace programme by the end of march 2021 was about £623 million. £37 billion was the total budget for the whole programme, not all of which was spent.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2021-09-14T00:00:00