Petition · past parliament

Hold a public enquiry into the cost and failure of the Track and Trace program

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The UK Government spent £37 billion on the Track and Trace program. UK taxpayers want and deserve to know:
1. The basis for approving the program.
2. Why the program failed.
3. Where the money has gone.
The Track and Trace program was justified to the UK public by asserting that it would prevent further lockdowns. In that respect it failed completely. Regardless of actual causes and results, the UK public believe that the failure of the Track and Trace program was an unwarranted, unacceptable and profligate waste of an enormous amount of public money. The UK public want to know where this huge sum of public money has gone to. The UK public deserve to know how and where their hard-earned taxes have been applied. The UK public deserve to know if there has been any improper application of public money. These needs can only be met by a full and independent public enquiry.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Commission an independent audit into spending on NHS Test and Trace: Commission an independent audit into spending on NHS Test and Trace

Launch an independent Public Inquiry into Government & NHS Covid-19 spending: Launch an independent Public Inquiry into Government & NHS Covid-19 spending

Timeline

19 Feb 2023 Petition opened for signatures
21 Feb 2023 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 21 Feb 2023

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.