However, messages between government scientists have since revealed that Mr Sunak had been referred to as Dr Death, the Chancellor, while the top two advisers claimed they had not been consulted in advance about the scheme.
Giving evidence to the Covid-19 inquiry, Sir Patrick Vallance, the chief scientific adviser, said the scheme was highly likely to have fuelled deaths. Meanwhile, one of his diary entries recorded Dominic Cummings, who was former prime minister Boris Johnson's chief adviser in Downing Street at the time, saying Mr Sunak thinks just let people die and that's OK.
Official figures showed 6,400 people tested positive during the month of August.
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