Question follow-through · 83858

Protective Clothing: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to publish the (a) recoveries, (b) write-offs and (c) associated costs for each supplier of PPE as part of his investigation into PPE procurement.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
23 Oct 2025
Answer
30 Oct 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to publish the (a) recoveries, (b) write-offs and (c) associated costs for each supplier of PPE as part of his investigation into PPE procurement.

  2. 23 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Department has already committed to the Public Accounts Committee that it will report to Parliament on the COVID-19 personal protective equipment contract dissolution outcomes once work is completed.Outcomes and details of individual cases are expecte...

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