Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that (a) hospitals, (b) hospices and (c) care homes are included in the protected site list under the Electricity Emergency Supply Code.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
We are working with the health and social care sectors to encourage understanding of eligibility and ensure that eligible sites are included on the protected sites list, in line with published guidance.
Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much public money was written off by his Department in the 2021-22 financial year.
Answered by Will Quince
The information requested will be included in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2021/22, which is expected to be published in December 2022.
Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many units of Personal Protective Equipment purchased by the UK are stored in China.
Answered by Will Quince
As of 26 September 2022, there was an approximately 589 million items of personal protective equipment stored in China. The majority of this stock is suitable for use in health and social care settings.
Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many units of personal protective equipment are currently in storage in warehouses; and what the cost to the public purse is of that storage.
Answered by Will Quince
As of 26 September 2022, there were 7.4 billion items of personal protective equipment (PPE) stored in warehouses in the United Kingdom. In 2022/23, these storage costs are an average of £2.2 million per week.
Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants in his Department are employed to manage the storage of Personal Protective Equipment overseas.
Answered by Will Quince
Three full-time equivalent (FTE) staff are employed at the SCS1 pay band and 0.5 FTE at SCS2 for all storage, including overseas.
Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many units of personal protective equipment are currently in storage in shipping containers; and what is the cost to the public purse of that storage.
Answered by Will Quince
The Department estimates that 3.95 billion units of personal protective equipment are currently stored in containers. The cost of this storage for the month of September 2022 was approximately £7.7 million.
Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2022 to Question 18920, on Department of Health and Social Care: Protective Clothing, when her Department began employing three full-time equivalent staff at the SCS1 pay band and 0.5 full-time equivalent staff at SCS2 to oversee the storage of personal protective equipment; and whether the same number of staff are currently employed for that purpose.
Answered by Will Quince
These staff were employed from 1 October 2021 and are currently employed for this purpose.
Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June to Question 24604, how much her Department spent on external recruitment consultants in 2021.
Answered by Will Quince
The information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with which other Departments her Department has had discussions on the storage of PPE since 1 January 2022.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Since January 2022, the Department has held discussions on the storage of personal protective equipment with the Cabinet Office, HM Treasury and the Ministry of Defence.
Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions since 1 January 2022 has (a) he or (b) his predecessor received requests from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the cost of the storage of personal protective equipment.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Department remains in regular contact with HM Treasury regarding the cost of storing personal protective equipment.