Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of operating the Track and Trace app compared with operating the Track and Trace service by telephone call.

To date, the cost of developing the National Health Service COVID-19 app is £10.8 million. We will provide information in due course on the cost of the wider Track and Trace programme.