Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 23
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Unprecedented COVID-19 spending scale provides essential, long-term lessons for future government responses.
Conclusion
The scale and nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the government’s response are unprecedented in recent history, the full cost of which will not be known for many years. By the end of March 2021, the estimated lifetime cost of measures announced as part of the government’s response was £372 billion. The exceptional nature of some of this spending offers unique lessons which it will be essential for government to learn. Some of these lessons can be considered in the near future, others will need to be tracked over ten to twenty years.36
Government Response
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