Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has allocated any financial or other resources from his Department's budget to investigate potential future uses by his Department of the NHS Test and Trace database system.

We have provided the Department of Health and Social Care with £15bn for NHS Test and Trace this year and they have also established the new UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to lead on future pandemic preparedness. Any questions relating to plans for NHS Test and Trace or the new UKHSA should be directed to the Department for Health and Social Care.