The government was criticised by the NAO for failing to “clearly articulate how it is assessing the success of its measures, which have also incurred costs and exposed the taxpayer to fraud”.
This included not being able to measure the effectiveness of border rules, which changed at least 10 times between February 2021 and January 2022, as well as the money spent on implementing them. This meant that the government could not show that it had “achieved value for money”.
Bill for govt’s Covid travel measures set to reach £500 million
Government
Rob Gill
21 April 2022
The UK government has spent at least £486 million on implementing international travel measures during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO).
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