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 24 October 2022 to Question 61011 on Protective Clothing: Contracts, what estimate she has made of the total cost to her Department of (a) management fees and (b) legal fees associated with the disputed contracts as of 24 October 2022.
The Department has not incurred management fees for disputed contracts. While an estimate of the total cost of legal fees is not currently held, we will finalise a forecast for these costs later this year.