Question follow-through · 33698

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31569 on Coronavirus: Protective Clothing, if he will make an estimate of the (a) weekly and (b) total cost to the public purse of storing PPE

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
27 Feb 2025
Answer
10 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31569 on Coronavirus: Protective Clothing, if he will make an estimate of the (a) weekly and (b) total cost to the public purse of storing PPE

  2. 27 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The programme to dispose of excess COVID-19 related personal protective equipment (PPE) stock through sales, donations, recycling and energy from waste concluded in January 2025.The storage costs for COVID-19 related PPE incurred in January 2025 were £300...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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