Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the detailed breakdown of the amount forecast to be spent on corporate services by NHS Track and Trace in its 2021–22 budget; what has been spent to date against that budget line in the current financial year; and how much has been spent on the use of management consultants from that budget line.

The programme is expected to spend £1,779 million on corporate services in 2021/22, which includes spend on finance, legal, commercial, human resources, digital, policy and communication services. However, a detailed breakdown of the forecast spend, the spend to date against that budget line and on management consultants is not currently available as it is being collated and centrally validated.