Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to provide (a) personal protective equipment, (b) sanitiser and (c) other support to people required to shield during the covid-19 outbreak.

Those considered as clinically extremely vulnerable are being advised to shield during the period of national lockdown and the Government is providing support with shopping, free medicines deliveries and helping in the provision of other basic needs.

Personal protective equipment and sanitiser are not provided to the clinically extremely vulnerable as part of the Government’s support package. Both are readily available to be purchased at many shops, and can be delivered by friends, family or the NHS Volunteer Service. Alternatively, such items could be delivered directly from supermarkets and clinically extremely vulnerable people are able to request priority delivery slots.