Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2020 to Question 64266 on Contact Tracing: Computer Software, which companies have been subcontracted by Serco to deliver contact tracing services; what the (a) value and (b) staffing levels is of each of those contracts; and how many people have been referred under each of those contracts to date.

Serco have worked with the Cabinet Office and the Department to engage a spread of regional and national providers, including small and medium sized enterprises, who have been integrated, trained and supported by Serco to meet the Department’s required delivery model. Serco consider the staffing allocations and values of each sub-contract to be commercial in confidence. Contract management is in process across the contact tracing service, which will start to provide data around referrals.