Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost of storing personal protective equipment in China is per (a) day, (b) week and (c) year as of 15 March 2023.

Storage costs data for personal protective equipment are compiled on a monthly basis and the latest collated figures relate to January 2023. The cost of storing items in warehouses in China was £25.9 million in the year from February 2022 to January 2023. The daily cost of storage has fallen from £63,000 in February 2022 to £30,000 in January 2023.