AIBU to wonder how you spend £12 billion making an app? What did they need to buy? Did they employ one million people and pay them £12000 each for a few months work?

[Treesofwood]

If we were to trace every £1 where would it be now? Did Google and Apple hold Serco to ransom? Obviously there will be ongoing costs, but I really can't understand how it costs this much money to make one crappy little app??

It’s cost just over £10m so far
fullfact.org/online/test-and-trace-app-cost/

Where did you get £12 billion from?

Akiss, a few sources.

I honestly don't trust full fact at all. I used to

So closer to £10billion according to this letter the BMJ
www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3037

[quote Treesofwood]So closer to £10billion according to this letter the BMJ
www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3037[/quote]
That figure doesn't just relate to the app.

True, it says the system. So how much has actually been spent on the app? This is a huge amount of money.

Oh, I don’t know, if they gave millions to a shipping company that didn’t have any ships, anything can be expected!

"In addition, the £12 billion funding to roll-out the Test and Trace programme has played a key role helping to unlock the economy, enabling businesses like restaurants and bars to serve customers again."
This was on the gov.uk news update page yesterday

www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-outlines-winter-economy-plan

See here.
I don't understand how this can be allowed to happen?

I don't understand how anyone can read those articles and then claim that the app cost £12bn

I'd love you to ask your MP for actual breakdown in costs regarding this.

You realise Tes, Track and Trace isn’t just the app, right? The same way that Google isn’t just the web page.

Sorry yes, I was hasty in interpreting the info. Cost of app still pretty steep, and where is the rest? Given others (see BMJ link above) are also questioning where all this money is actually going ie whose bank account the money is in now it is not an unreasonablw question.