NHS: Protective Clothing
(asked on 2nd November 2022) - View Source
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.
This question was answered on 9th November 2022
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.