Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many companies have been sub-contracted by Serco to undertake covid-19 contact tracing work; and what proportion of the total contract that represents.

In its role as a prime contractor for the provision of Tier 3 Tracing Agents and in accordance with the agreed delivery model, Serco has subcontracted the provision of approximately 9,000 staff, of the overall Serco allocation of 10,500 staff, to a panel of 29 subcontractors.