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Management of PPE Contracts

Status: Closed Opened: 15 Mar 2022 Closed: 8 Nov 2022 15 recommendations 6 conclusions 1 report

The NAO and PAC have previously reported on the commercial deals struck by government as part of its emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic, finding in some instances that these deals may have left government with some that failed to meet the required standards, including hundreds of millions of pounds-worth of PPE that will not … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twelfth Report - Management of PPE contracts HC 260 20 Jul 2022 21 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
3 Recommendation Twelfth Report - Management of PPE cont… Accepted in Part

The Department remains in dispute on 176 contracts for PPE with £2.7 billion of taxpayer...

The Department remains in dispute on 176 contracts for PPE with £2.7 billion of taxpayer money at risk and has made little progress in tackling potential fraudulent supplies of goods. The majority of these 176 disputes relate to the quality of the PPE provided by the supplier. Eighty-three of the … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government will provide a summary update on the progress of negotiations in confidence to the Committee, and has established a Dissolution Team until March 2023 with quarterly targets to resolve contractual matters, but much of the requested information is commercially sensitive.
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HM Treasury
11 Recommendation Twelfth Report - Management of PPE cont… Accepted in Part

The Department acknowledges that it still has many PPE contracts that have ongoing contractual issues...

The Department acknowledges that it still has many PPE contracts that have ongoing contractual issues that need resolving. There are 176 contracts where there are concerns about either the quality or the performance of the contract and these are collectively worth £3.9 billion.27 The Department has assessed that of that … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government will provide a summary update on the progress of negotiations as a whole in confidence to the Committee due to commercial sensitivity, with a Dissolution Team working to resolve contractual matters by March 2023.
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HM Treasury

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
20 Apr 2022 Jonathan Marron · Department for Health and Social Care, Shona Dunn · Home Office, Sir Chris Wormald · Department of Health and Social Care View ↗

Who gave evidence

3 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Jonathan Marron · Director General for Primary Care and Prevention Department for Health and Social Care 1
Shona Dunn · Second Permanent Secretary Home Office 1
Sir Chris Wormald · Permanent Secretary Department of Health and Social Care 1

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
12 Jan 2023 — Correspondence from Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department of Healt…
12 Jan 2023 — Correspondence from Will Quince MP, Minister of State for Health and Secondary …
24 May 2022 — Correspondence from Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department of Healt…