Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how work on the NHS covid-19 contact tracing app was divided between (a) NHSX and (b) Zuhlke Engineering; and what success criteria were defined in the contract for that project.

The National Health Service COVID-19 app is being developed by a multidisciplinary, multi-organisational team led by NHSX but also including representatives from across Government. Zuhlke provides technical assurance for the app. The contract with Zuhlke defines the following deliverables:

- provide technical oversight of activities and deliverables; and

- work with project stakeholders to deliver effective project governance and assurance.