Protective Clothing

(asked on 10th May 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits in terms of (a) safety, (b) compliance and (c) product quality of requiring suppliers of category II and III personal protective equipment to be formally registered.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 16th May 2022

We have no current plans to make a specific assessment. All personal protective equipment must adhere to standards set by the Market Surveillance Authorities. All items are assessed against technical standards and useability before release to health and social care services.

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