Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 4564

Coronavirus: Disease Control

Tabled: 6 September 2024
Answered: 16 September 2024

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) costs and (b) merits of each of the restrictions during the covid-19 pandemic.

Answer

Nick Thomas-Symonds
The previous Government spent up to £400 billion on pandemic related interventions and programmes including 11.7 million employees that were furloughed through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, at a cost of £70 billion. 2.9m people on the Self-Employm...
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