Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the covid-19 tracing app will be compatible with other internationally comparable covid-19 digital solutions to enable data to be shared across borders.

Our approach is similar to that followed by Australia, France, Italy, Norway, and Singapore among others. These countries have made similar technology choices (Bluetooth Low Energy) and have a proximity cascade solution. The United Kingdom is working with other countries to exchange ideas, learn lessons and ensure these lessons are being used to improve the National Health Service app development.