Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant the Answer 9 November 2022 to Question 69577 on NHS: Protective Clothing, whether his Department has taken steps to include legal fees for disputed contracts in its budget; and when and in what format he plans to publish the forecast for these costs.
The Department plans to include legal fees for disputed contracts in its budget. Further information on these costs will be available in due course.