Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when McKinsey were contracted to review the NHS Test and Trace system; how they approached that company about undertaking that review; and which criteria they used to choose that company for such an undertaking.

The contract with McKinsey commenced on 18 May 2020. McKinsey was approached via the Crown Commercial service Management Consultancy Framework 2. It was selected following the guidance on the framework due to its experience on working on similar requirements, its ability to deliver at pace and its ability to deliver at extremely short notice given the urgency of the COVID-19 situation.